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A Pagan journey

I'm going to be starting a Pagan "journey" today.

This calls for exercise, a change in diet and a lot of meditation, to say the least.

Orthodox Christians have reasons for repetition

In a baptism, we question, three times, “Do you unite yourself to Christ?” We bless both the person and the baptismal water in sets of three. We baptize, immersing the candidate three times in the water. We petition our Lord, and respond, “Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.”

What really matters in life?

Jesus was not talking about love the way our culture tends to talk about love. This is not about a superficial, “feel good” kind of love. It is not about a short term, self centered kind of love that focuses on me, and mine. Jesus was not saying that what matters is that I am loved, or that I experience that warm fuzzy feeling that we often associate with love.

What do you want me to do for you?

He was part of a well defined group in the gospels — the poor, the blind, the deaf, the lame, the sick, the disabled. They were poor, often homeless, and left to beg for food and basic needs. The cultural assumption was that their predicament was a consequence of sin — their sin or the sin of their ancestors.

BRIEF: Spokane Baha’is to celebrate birth of Bahá’u’lláh

On Nov. 11 Spokane area Bahá’ís will celebrate the birth of Bahá’u’lláh, the prophet-founder of the faith, with a community potluck.

The celebration will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the North Spokane Library, 44 E Hawthorne Road.

Baha’i 101

The Baha'i faith is the newest global religion,and, as such, is virtually unknown to many people.
I am hoping to give an overview of the basic principles and information regarding this faith which has become the central purpose of my life.

Can you really get away from God?

The Oct. 15 issue of Newsweek had a fascinating article by Dr. Eben Alexander entitled "My Proof of Heaven." Alexander is a neurosurgeon who describes himself as a man who “considered myself a faithful Christian,” but more so, “in name than in actual belief.” He tells us that he “sympathized deeply with those who wanted to believe that there was a God somewhere out there who loved us unconditionally.”

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