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The Greatest Thing in the World

June 16, 2018June 14, 2018 Faith, Lent

From The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond “The Spectrum of Love has nine ingredients:- Patience . . . . . .

St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer

March 17, 2018March 15, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and

A Lent Study: Polishing Silver

March 16, 2018March 15, 2018 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent

Victorian women, especially here in the United States had a soft spot for sterling flatware. Collectively, they were basically addicted to the stuff. Gorham

A Prayer

January 6, 2018September 5, 2018 FAITH, Faith, Lent

Peace Prayer of Saint Francis Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is

Lent Thoughts for Maundy Thursday

April 13, 2017March 22, 2017 Episcopal Church, Faith, Lent

Maundy Thursday is about service and humility. I am very uncomfortable with the entire service, to put it mildly. I am probably more uncomfortable

Lent Thoughts for March 31

March 31, 2017March 30, 2017 Faith, Lent

From God Calling: March 31 – Love’s Offering I am your Lord, gracious and loving. Rest in My Love, walk in My ways. Each

Lent Thoughts for March 30

March 30, 2017March 29, 2017 Faith, Lent

From God Calling: March 30 – Deliverance Be calm, be true, be quiet. I watch over you. Rest in My Love. Joy in the

Lent Thoughts: March 28

March 28, 2017March 27, 2017 FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE

March 28 – Evil Mountains Faith and obedience will remove mountains, mountains of evil, mountains of difficulty. But they must go hand in hand.

Lent Thoughts for March 25

March 25, 2017March 25, 2017 Faith, Lent

FROM GOD CALLING March 25 – Wonders Will Unfold I am with you. Do not fear. Never doubt My Love and Power. Your heights

Lent Thoughts for March 24

March 24, 2017March 22, 2017 Faith, Lent 1

From God Calling: March 24 – Know Me I am here. Seek not to know the future. Mercifully I veil it from you. Faith

Thoughts for Lent

March 23, 2017March 22, 2017 Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE 1

Lent is my favorite part of the Christian year. I have been known to make a few jokes about what I’m giving up, etc,

The De-clutter Nazis Are At It Again!

February 28, 2017February 27, 2017 CULTURE, FAITH, Lent

Once upon a time, while I was in high school, there was a young man who was delving into some truly nasty occult practices.

Fanatics & True Believers

March 16, 2016March 15, 2016 2016, Abuse, CULTURE, FAITH, Lent, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL 1

NOTE: I am in the process of writing daily essays for a book about Lent. This is from March 14. The contents are copyright

Religious Context

February 27, 2016February 26, 2016 Art, Bigotry, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Racism 2

The following fresco is being cleaned and restored, in Rome. It is, thus far, one of the earliest known representations of the Apostles. The

The Prosperity Gospel

February 16, 2016February 14, 2016 CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE

Life sucks. It always has and it always will. I had an old boyfriend who was want to say “Life sucks then your friends

Ash Wednesday

February 10, 2016February 11, 2016 Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE

From the Book of Common Prayer Ash Wednesday Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the

One of My Favorite Litanies

March 17, 2015March 16, 2015 Calvinism, Catholic, Christian History, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Lent, Saint Days, Saints

I bind unto myself today The strong Name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same, The Three in One and One in Three.

The New Acceptable Hate

March 12, 2015March 11, 2015 CRIME, CULTURE, FAITH, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Racism

One of the worst things there is happens to be racism, intolerance, and bigotry. You would think with our modern society it would be

Ash Wednesday Litany

February 22, 2015February 21, 2015 Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Lent

The Ash Wednesday Litany is for Ash Wednesday. Portions of it can also be used the first Sunday in Lent. I am using the

Pope Francis Lenten Message

February 21, 2015February 20, 2015 Catholic, FAITH, Faith, Lent, Pope Francis

Lent is my favorite time of the entire Christian calender. There are some who say it is about what you ‘give up’, but according

PART XXII-L: Christian Reconstruction, ATI, Abuse & Submission – Manly Men & Patriarchs

August 19, 2014August 12, 2014 ATI, Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Bill Gothard, Calvinism, Christian Patriarchy Movement, CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, Christian Reconstructionism, Complementarianism, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Gary North, Idiot Conservatives, Lent, MAIN PAGE, R. J. Rushdoony, Religious Cults, Submission, Theocracy

This is the final part of this long series. Going full circle, contrary to what Jerry Boykin views as the warrior Christ with a

The End of a Good Lent

April 19, 2014April 18, 2014 FAITH, Faith, Lent

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t joke about Lent, about giving something up like cigars, soda, or wine. One year I gave up Lent

The Worst Day in History

April 17, 2014 Anglican, Catholic, Christian History, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE

It was the worst day in history – the day Christ died. It was the greatest day in history because Christ died to atone

Forgiveness

March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 FAITH, Faith, Lent

According to Pat Robertson, a woman’s cancer is her fault – for not forgiving her abusive father. Now, in all fairness, I do believe

All You Need Is Love?

March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 Catholic, Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Religious Cults

Two thousand years ago Jesus of Nazareth was asked what was the greatest commandment of the law. His answer was quite simple. “‘Which commandment

The New Way to Save Your Wife’s Soul

March 11, 2014March 10, 2014 Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Complementarianism, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Religious Cults

Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of

Lent, Forgiveness, and Doctrine

March 10, 2014March 9, 2014 Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Complementarianism, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Religious Cults

For the past few days, I’ve been concentrating on the various and sundry problems the extreme right is encountering with Christian Reconstructionism, Dominionism, and

Part VII: Seriously Corrupted Faith

March 5, 2014February 24, 2014 Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, FAITH, HISTORY, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Roman

There is a reason for this specific rant and rave. Evidently the Southern Baptists have decided to adopt the ancient Greek version of what

What POTUS Campaigns Say About Candidates & Their Supporters

February 22, 2012February 22, 2012 2012, Catholic, Christian History, CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Faith, Gingrich, GOP POTUS, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Paul, Pawlenty, Perry, Persecution, Romney, Santorum

One of the reasons political campaigns are so terribly important is because they tell us a lot about a candidate. We know that Newt

Part I: Is Michele Bachmann the Anti-Christ (and other absurdities)

July 17, 2011July 16, 2011 American Revolution, Bachmann, Christian History, FAITH, George Washington, Glam Girls of the GOP, GOP POTUS, Idiot Conservatives, Lent, MAIN PAGE, Persecution, Tea Party Patriots, Third Party Losers 2

First… the history lesson “…The Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution is a conventional description of a campaign, conducted by various Robespierre-era governments