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How Can We Stop Washington's Deafness to the People's Wishes?

Taking part in empowering ourselves to let Washington know that it is time for them to listen to the grandparents and the parents of this nation is what this article is all about.

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A Book Review - Amish Grace

How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy Reference Information for the Book Name of Book: Amish Grace Author Names: Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher Publisher: Jossey-Bass Year Released and/or ISBN Number: 978-0-7879-9761-8 Type of Book

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A Spiritual Reflection – False Teaching and True Riches

Today's Scripture is: Timothy 6: 2-12, penned by Paul to his associate and brother in Christ while he was at Ephesus.

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Spiritual Reflection – Knowledge Taught by Word and Example Becomes Faith

The words of Saint Paul, David, Levi (Matthew), remind us and all future generations what they were taught in their time; first young Timothy in Galatia, the wayward Corinthians, the Kingdom of David in Psalms, and the Gospel of Luke, the physician, teaches us forgiveness throug …

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Book Review - LEFT To Tell

Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Holocaust in 1994 Reference Information for the Book

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A Spiritual Reflection - Faith Without Good Deeds is Dead

Today's thoughts from the readings: Is 50:5-9, I gave my back to those who beat me; Ps 116, I will walk before the Lord, in the land of the living, Jas 2: 14-18, Faith, if it does not have works is dead, Mk 8:27-35, You are the Christ. . .

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Book Review: God @ Ground Zero

A story of how good overcame evil. . . one heart at a time. Reference Information for the Book

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A Spiritual Reflection – Don't Condemn Others

In today's Gospel lesson, Luke, a Gentile physician and associate of Paul, around 60 A.D. describes for us Jesus' Galilean ministry in an eye opening way the word "hypocrite."

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A Spiritual Reflection – Love for Enemies

In today's teaching the great physician, Luke, lays out one of Jesus' hard teachings for us to follow in Luke 6: 27-37.

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A Spiritual Reflection, -- Good News Wednesday – A Person of Faith

Today's reflection has three separate voices: One, the Voice of our Lord; two, the voice our own thought processes, finally three, the voice of a prayer between ourselves and our creator. The Voice of our LordMy CHILD, My loyal follower is not rebellious at the unpleasant thin …

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A Spiritual Reflection: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

"September 8th, the Church, in commemorating with a feast the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrates the dawning of the day of Redemption---the moment when she was to be the Mother of our Savior was born.

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A Moment for Jesus, today; do I do my part?

Colossians 1:24-2:3; Psalm 5:5-9 In Paul's letter to the Colossians he struggles to make Christ Jesus known to those he has not seen face-to-face; so that, they can understand what the Lord has tasked him, Paul, to make Christ's life on earth, death, and resurrection a reali …

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When Will Washington Wake-up and Do Something for Small Business?

For the past year we have listened to the jobs disappear month after month, one story worse than the next.

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"Death Panels" a la Great Britain, and Why Sarah Palin and Others Are Probably Not over the Top

As early as the middle of July dialog, the House of Representatives sounded a clarion call about HR 3200 by Mike Rogers, Opening Statement.

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What is Wrong with Health Care Reform? Now. . .

Let's see if I understand this . . . and can describe it with as few words as possible. The bill is a tidy 1,000 pages or more and growing.

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A Book Review - MARY, called Magdalene

Forsyth, Georgia – Reading Feeds the Brain, the Spirit & the Soul Reference Information for the Book

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"What's lacking is political will," said Obama of Health Care Reform

In a town hall meeting recently. The title of this article was told to us by the president on June 25, 2009 in his press conference.

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Spiritual Reflection - Running Away from God

The second story in Luke chapter eleven reminds us that man was running away from God in Jonah's time just like one was doing during Christ's day and man continues to do so now in our time.

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Spiritual Reflection – Teaching About Prayer

In Luke's chapter #11 the first of five lessons is about today's teaching, where one of the disciples said, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John (the Baptist, my emphasis) taught his disciples." In this Luke writing he quotes Jesus with far fewer words than Matthew did i …

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George Carlin's Views on Aging

- A wee bit of humor on the ravages of time – From Forsyth, Georgia -- Author: Anonymous (because an elf sent it to me in my email and I have no idea who really wrote it, maybe George, maybe not)

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DEBT: Yours, Ours; including we the people

Yes, we all are responsible for this debt! The personal debt, the national debt, and what all the growing numbers amount to in real dollars is listed below - Forsyth, Georgia Since the stock market took its nosedive last fall it seems there is hardly a day that passes where the n …

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Czars in Our Midst

Are we going in the right direction? - Forsyth, GA - Since the November election the American public has been introduced to a new job title term: "Czar," by the Obama administration.

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A Book Review - MURROW: his life and times

– A biography, par excellence! - Forsyth, GA Reference Information for the Book Name of Book:Murrow: His Life & Times Author Name:A.M. Sperber Publisher: Freundlich Books, NY, © A.M. Sperber, 1986 Year Released and/or ISBN Number: Type of Book

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A Principal's Football Game PA Announcement

Forsyth, GA - Freedom of Religion & the loss of other freedoms Are Christian Lay People called to speak up for our Constitution, for our country and for our way of life as it founded in 1776? This is not a political statement. This not a political movement.

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At this time in my life, 73, I feel it is time to give back what I have received from my Lord over the years, and now I enjoy doing God’s work.

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