Tag: spirituality
group name: mnreaders
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May 13, 2007 10:02 PM EDT --
It appears that the "God" debate is really heating up. Sam Harris and others have written some very popular books and appeared on national shows to discuss God. . . . more
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June 19, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
I returned from the Minneapolis jubilant but tired. My mind had spun into overtime during this portion of the publication tour for my book The Scent of God. Overwhelmed by publicity efforts, my calendar . . . more
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June 16, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
I wanted to write this now while the thoughts are running in my mind.
If you had a gun in your hand, could you shoot someone?
Recently, a young friend of mine has been thinking about purchasing . . . more
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April 16, 2007 12:44 AM EDT --
An incident: a woman I had regarded as my best friend for ten years invited me for coffee. "So lovely to hear your voice," she'd said in her voicemail mesage, a response to my having called . . . more
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May 21, 2007 09:56 PM EDT --
I'm going to make a few predictions. Not because I have some special psychic power but because I can.
Several major studies in the next 5 years will show that it is "nature AND nurture". . . . more
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December 03, 2006 05:29 PM EST --
I thought I’d completed the process of writing a book when my memoir, The Scent of God , was published by Counterpoint, NY, this April. I didn’t realize that the most arduous part of authorship . . . more
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September 15, 2007 03:24 AM EDT --
Just at present my thoughts are focusing intensely on the subject of change. Whether it is change which we see or change that simply happens, the subject of how we deal with change is one of great . . . more
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July 26, 2007 07:39 AM EDT --
July 2, 2008 I am leaving tomorrow to repeat this event -- 10 days of silence. I will miss my fellow Gatherers and will probably wonder what you are up to. If you are wondering what I'm . . . more
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May 30, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
It's a fact: I have won the emotional lottery.
This Friday, June 1, my husband and I will celebrate our 5 Year Anniversary! We have been together for 8... the fastest 8 years of my life! How . . . more
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October 09, 2006 03:35 PM EDT --
If too many people find out about this local appearance, I'm not sure the Two Harbors library will be able to accommodate the crowd. Beryl Singleton Bissell is a local (Schroeder, MN) author . . . more
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October 21, 2007 06:42 AM EDT --
Belonging to a family is something that most of us take for granted in our lives. That is, we are born into one and then, more often than not, expect to create one ourselves. Families can take so many . . . more
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December 18, 2007 04:36 AM EST --
Whether you are religious are not, it is that time of year that feels sacred. What I mean by this is that the things around us and the events that take place seem to be loaded with greater meaning - a . . . more
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May 04, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
Gather booklovers and authors take note. Book blog tours are a great way for authors to help publicize their work, and for readers to interact with authors. A book blog tour is a rolling event that moves . . . more
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July 04, 2007 05:06 PM EDT --
"Get thee to a monastery!" -- does anyone know the actual source of this quote? -- there are thousands of articles with that quotation but none I can find that attribute the quote to its . . . more
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November 30, 2007 11:13 AM EST --
Hi, Everyone!
My daughter just uploaded a video for her designer's jewelry on
YouTube, and the event that she has planned for December 3rd. In this
video she has also mentioned my books and the . . . more
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March 19, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
As creator and host of NPR's Speaking of Faith radio program , Krista Tippett has spent countless hours doing just that. Her conversations with religious authorities, scholars and others . . . more
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June 29, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Quick. Can you:
1. Name the Four Gospels?
2. List the Ten Commandments?
3. Name a sacred text of Hinduism?
4. Name the . . . more
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August 26, 2007 03:46 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago, when I was browsing through the shelves at the Dudley Library, looking and hoping I’d find one or two titles by Dambudzo Marechera, I came across The Gospel According to the Son. . . . more
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December 02, 2007 05:55 AM EST --
Hello everyone. I am back after some time of being away from Gather as my father just passed away. It has been a heart-wrenching and yet unifying time.
During my father's dying process I sent him . . . more
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April 17, 2007 11:36 PM EDT --
We edit the pain. This is how we survive.
But it remains like shrapnel under skin
and rises, and sometimes breaks the surface.
But it does not break us.
Sometimes it disfigures, or makes us perfect . . . more
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