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Bill's Blog - Monthly Summary
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Hello! Here's a summary of my posts from the past month. I'm glad you're with me on the journey. My goal for this journey through life is to "wake up, remember and come alive," and help others do the same. So to that end, take what's helpful here and leave the rest! (Looking forward to reading some of your post comments as well.) |
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Lighten Up. "Life is too important to be taken seriously." Oscar Wilde Change me O God, into one who doesn't take life so seriously. Help me to become like a little child who plays, laughs and enjoys this adventure of faith, knowing all is well and all shall be well.
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Be Kind to Yourself?! We're pretty good at beating ourselves up, aren't we? What if you were the one who was most in need of your own kindness and love? What if that was the key to the mending of your body and soul at the present moment? What if you held yourself in loving kindness instead of beating yourself …
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Ode To Gaiety (by James Broughton) Go gloom Begone glum and grim Off with the drab drear and grumble It's time its pastime to come undone and come out laughing time to wrap killjoys in wet blankets and feed them to the sourpusses Come frisky pals Come forth wily wags Loosen your screws and get off your rocker Untie the …
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The Great Blondin. Can you imagine a tightrope stretched over a quarter of a mile and spanning the breadth of Niagara Falls? The thundering sound of the pounding water drowning out all other sounds as you watch a man step onto the rope and walk across! This stunning feat made Charles Blondin famous in the summer of 1859. He walked …
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Simple Sunday Sermons: Can the resurrection really make any difference in my life right now, today? (1 Cor. 15:14)
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I Thank You God for this Most Amazing Day (by ee cummings) I thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes (i who have died am alive again today, and this is the sun’s …
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Judas and Jesus Meet Again Throughout the centuries, we've all been Judas. Betraying God in a multitude and myriad of ways. If there is no grace, forgiveness and hope for him, there is none for any of us. Based on "He descended into hell..." here is a legend about the rest of the story... Nobody can be sure, of course, …
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A Facebook Live Video Reflection, a couple of quotes, a poem and a song for a Good Friday meditation. Reflections by Bill: Link to Facebook Live Video Reflection. Quote by Beuchner: MY GOD, MY GOD, why hast thou forsaken me?" As Christ speaks those words, he too is in the wilderness. He speaks them when all is lost. He speaks them when there …
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I Have Learned So Much From God (by Hafiz) I Have Learned So much from God That I can no longer Call Myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim A Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself With me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel Or even pure Soul. …
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Exhortation of the Dawn (by Kalidasa) Look to this day: For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course Lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, The glory of action, The splendor of beauty Are but experiences of time. For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a …
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To Be Ourselves. "May we free ourselves, from ourselves so that we can be ourselves." Rabbi Brian This week I met Rabbi Brian online through a quirky, divine, surprise syncrhoncity. As we talked he shared this quote off the top of his head, or more like from the depths of his soul. One of the biggest questions we can ask …
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“You have loved us first, O God, alas! We speak of it in terms of history as if You have only loved us first but a single time, rather than that without ceasing You have loved us first many times and everyday and our whole life through. When we wake up in the morning and turn our soul toward You …
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Lazarus Laughed. In a sermon years ago, the great Southern preacher, John Claypool talked about a little known play by Eugene O’Neill entitled, “Lazarus Laughed.” In this play, O’Neill gives us a glimpse of the power of life without fear. The play begins, where the Biblical story of Lazarus leaves off presuming that the audience is very familiar with the …
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License Plate Message "I remember sitting parked by the roadside once, terribly depressed and afraid about my daughter's illness and what was going on in our family, when out of nowhere a car came along down the highway with a license plate that bore on it the one word out of all the words in the dictionary that I needed …
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If You Knew (by Ellen Bass) What if you knew you’d be the last to touch someone? If you were taking tickets, for example, at the theater, tearing them, giving back the ragged stubs, you might take care to touch that palm, brush your fingertips along the lifeline’s crease. When a man pulls his wheeled suitcase too slowly through the …
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"How long will grown men and women in this world keep drawing in their coloring books an image of God that makes them sad?" MEISTER ECKHART
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