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Spiritual Growth: My Quiet Time

My quiet time in the morning is totally sacred to me.  I come out into my screened room with my books of reflective thoughts and I sit with God.  This is the most important part of my day.  It helps to set the tone of my heart, soul, and mind and prepares me for the day ahead.

When I am in my screened room I am surrounded by nature.  There is my garden, which I tend to in the best fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants fashion, with its green grass and beds full of bright nodding flowers.  The old WalMart gazebo wrought-iron frame sits . . . → Read More: Spiritual Growth: My Quiet Time

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Shared Wisdom: Kahlil Gibran

 

I know that I have mentioned several times in previous postings that Max Lucado is my favorite spiritual author.  However, there is one book written by another author that is probably my all-time favorite book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.

He was born in 1883 near Mount Lebanon and was a philosopher, poet, and artist.  His family emigrated to the USA in 1895, but his mother sent him back to Beirut in 1898 to study.  Gibran then returned to the USA in 1902 where he remained until his death in 1931.  His writings have been translated into more than . . . → Read More: Shared Wisdom: Kahlil Gibran

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Shared Wisdom: American Indian Ways

 

I have always loved the American Indian way of life.  No I am not being “politically incorrect” when I say American Indian rather than Native American.  Rex Lee Jim said:  “The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus simply verified what Indians already knew when he described them as un gente que vive en dios – a people who live in God. ………… Helping save the world from cultural genocide for me must begin with The sacred words, en dios – indios – in God.  I am an American Indian, not a Native American.”

Here are some other thoughts from American Indians.

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