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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone
is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it
because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic
numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and
other beings.
It had been raining for…
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By Abel, on Sat Oct 3, 2009 5:29pm PDT
By Abelardo N. Navarro A Reflection In my
cyberspace ministry, I am often asked questions like: Can your God
create a rock so big He cannot lift it? How come your God cannot
restore an amputated limb? Why does your God demand the death of so
many people in the Bible? And other…
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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be
seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping
the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the
corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she
looked at the American flag covered…
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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve
everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this
desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die,
having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.
There were so many things he could…
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By Abel, on Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:05am PDT
Life After Death The best
proof of another life after this one is Jesus Christ. One
thing and one thing only can explain it: His disciples had
encountered the real, solid, bodily-resurrected Jesus Christ. Not a
hallucination. Not mass hypnosis. Not…
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By j., on Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:08pm PDT
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