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  • Devotions 2/12-2/19

    Here is an offering for the week – or any week. May God bless you on your journey. Download devotionals_212192006.doc

  • Sunday Morning – Early Spring

    It is Sunday morning, 7:47 – sounds like a jet plane and I’m not leaving on one. The daily discipline of blogging is not "tweaked." I missed a couple of days, but I am moving forard. I’ll do two today by posting my week’s devotionals next. In blogging, the first is often last and the…

  • What an Afternoon with Shane Clairborne

    I was able to hear Shane Claiborne right here in Fresno at Fresno Pacific Univesrity today thanks to a joint meeting of the At Risk Ministries Network and City Builders. Thanks to 1by1 Leadership for bringing out this dynamic young man to challenge us about living in community and finding a 21st expression of what…

  • Faith Inventories

    There are some fun quizes at Beliefnet.com related to various expressions of faith.  The most popular is Belief-O-Matic.  Recently, we have been running some discussions in the Religion Forum on the tests, especially: What Is Your Spiritual Type? My favorite is the How Spiritually Intelligent Are You? inventory. In a quiz on churches – namely,…

  • As a long time admirer of Clarence Jordon, Koinonia Farms, the Cotton Patch Gospels, The Fullers, and Habitat for Humanity, I was thrilled to see Briars in the Cotton Patch on PBS the other night. Check your listings and their web site. This is an eye opening documentary, narrated by Andrew Young, and tracing the…

  • Mrs. King

    I extracted the following quote from Sojourner’s. It sums up what this great lady stood for so well: "I believe that there is a plan and a purpose for each person’s life and that there are forces working in the universe to bring about good and to create a community of love and brotherhood. Those…

  • State of the Union Speech for Sale

    President Bussh apparently had some good things to say in his speech last night. I was a bit distracted by trying to keep score of who was applaudng and who was sitting with folded hands on which points. I did not realize that the nation's father's envisioned the the State of the Union report as…

  • Homeland Security

    Thanks goes to Father Jim Parker in the Christian Fellowship Forum for posting the following: I just wanted to let you know that the new Homeland Security Bill has passed. Things will be different now and Internet surfing will be tracked by what the FBI calls a "non-intrusive method."   The FBI says you will…

  • Discussions on Health and Wellness

    I have a Health and Wellness folder in the Christian Fellowship Forum with a variety of subjects being discussed. Feel free to take a look and participate. Here is some news we will be discussing. LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) – The first inhaled insulin (Exubera; Pfizer) has been approved by the U.S. Food and…

  • Devotions for Monday – Sunday

    The journey of Jesus’ early years continues and overlaps our own journey. Download and read. Download monday_friday.doc