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posticon The Right Attitude

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Last week, we heard a wonderful story about a 102-year-old woman who teaches fitness classes.

You read that right—she is 102 years old! And she teaches fitness classes!

Someone recently asked her when she was going to quit. Her answer was simply “When I get too old.”

She certainly has the right attitude!

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Often we have folks coming to us wondering how they’re ever going to get through and past their life challenges and problems. Sometimes they wonder how they’re even going to get through the day.… Read more

posticon Oneness Revisited

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The legendary Nez Perce Chief Joseph was one of the greatest Native American leaders in the early days of the American frontier. Among his many wise words are these:

I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.

We and Spirit have discussed this subject of oneness before. But in today’s fractured and fragmented world, it’s always a timely subject worth revisiting.… Read more

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There was a time in the United States when, unbelievably, Native Americans (and other minorities) did not legally have the “right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Those words are from the United States Declaration of Independence—words white Americans apparently believed did not apply to those Americans whose skin was not white.

That all changed when Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Tribe eloquently and powerfully asserted the humanity of Native Americans in an 1879 lawsuit.… Read more

posticon Matters Of The Heart

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One of my family has a reputation for being quick to anger. He explodes for the slightest, most insignificant, reason.

Berna and I have a neighbor who’s also quick to anger for the slightest reason.

Not surprisingly, both these people have serious, life-threatening heart problems.

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Humans often use the word “heart” to mean various things. But usually you mean the central part of an issue or concern you have in your life.

The word is certainly appropriate in that context.… Read more

posticon Evil Spirits

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Berna and I grew up in the Roman Catholic religion. Back in those days, exorcism was defined by the Catholic Church this way:

“When the Church asks publicly and authoritatively in the name of Jesus Christ that a person or object be protected against the power of the Evil One and withdrawn from his dominion, it is called exorcism.”

Or, to put it in plain, simple language, We need to be protected against evil spirits, the devil. (Or “Satan,” if you like.)… Read more