I want to ask.

"Don't ask why, just do it", is hardly a way to lead others. People under the burden of the "just do it" crazymaker aren't free to ask why. Asking questions is considered rebellious, defiant, and insubordinate. Obedience, they feel, should be automatic and unquestioned. Yet to forbid questions greatly discourages the formation of responsibility in …

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Jesus had a tatt

I have heard a lot of religious jargon defining laws and making regulation of behavior simply because they feared man running rampant with sin.  Coming out of religious organization was the best thing I could have done and I knowingly did it despite the rejection I would receive from church folk.  Have I told Jesus …

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A Surgeon shares some surprises

A historical account of how politics, feminism, black lives matter campaigns, picketing, strikes, news coverage and poverty have shaped the American mindset to accept activism without calling it hate, was delivered by Dr. Damon Brantley, a black surgeon sharing a message in Camden County of Kingston Georgia. Without a system of accountability, every person makes …

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Unwanted children attract Spiritual strife

Have you gone to the Doctor and filled out a medical form before?  Most of us have, and the questions asked usually help the Doctor detect if you have predisposition to certain ailments based on generational lines from either one of your parents.  Psychologists usually start with questions pertaining to your background and surroundings that …

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Foot Washing in El Salvador

I have enjoyed writing to heal for years and find it an honor to have anyone looking at the thoughts I pen on paper.  I am posting a video of a missions trip I took to El Salvador that would loose some of it's effect without a personalized story.  Please take a moment just to …

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Love and therapy

For most of my life I have felt like second best, always striving to earn acceptance and love. I don't believe I am alone in this which is why I use my testimonies as a platform to relate to others. In my search for significance I have sought therapy from a number of sources. My …

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Authentically giving a rip about others.

When we walk out of a room others should feel your absence. Bringing the Gospel is about sharing your love relationship with Daddy to others. It need not matter if you are struggling or on a Holy Spirit High, being authentic about your faith in a God who loves you will set others free. I …

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Trouble with the Curve

This two and a half movie clip is about the questions many of us ask when we are abandoned, rejected, misunderstood or confused because of another person's response to us.  Particularly, when adult children address their parents about an issue they grew up questioning, the response is much like what we see in Clint Eastwood's …

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Think about it

Young minds and those of us a bit older who don't take people at their word anymore, have probably seen their share of manipulators and those in authority lie when truth could have prevailed.  Having the audacity to think of ourselves as ones who can discern the truth, is actually a healthy way to share …

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