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How to love God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength

There are times when we totally love God, and then there are other times. I grew up with the command to love God with all my heart and mind and soul and strength. The command was not presented in a fearsome and judgmental context, but in a kind and gentle way. It registered on my mind, and I …

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This website is under new management by the same person

Spiritual experience

All things are becoming new. I am no longer in the philosophy of living business. That business has been bought out by a new preaching start-up. The former employee will be retained, and intellectual communion will continue, but everything is now subordinated to the proclamation of the …

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My germinating podcast, Toastmasters, and the drama of public speaking

Arts

During recent weeks, I have been too involved with other projects to sustain my previous pattern of blogging roughly every week. I have accepted a new teaching opportunity, joined Toastmasters to learn about their program in public speaking, and began working to create a podcast. This combination of …

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Jesus made the world friendlier

Spiritual experience

Jesus made the world friendlier. He revealed how to live as a child of God, and following in this way, we discover that our Father in heaven is also a friend within. And divine friendship is equally open to women as well as men. Jesus showed us how to transform our consciousness of duty. In …

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An experiment in growth that you can join

Character

Think of starting out from early childhood to grow in ways that are well-developed and well-balanced. Some people do this, others don’t, but we can all build on strengths and overcome deficiencies. I propose an informal philosopher’s experiment, and I invite you to join in, if you would like to do …

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Immigrants, Muslims, neighbors

Morality

What should we do if it becomes intolerable to stay in our homeland? In recent decades, the increasingly common answer is to emigrate. People have learned that despite the risks and miseries of immigration, support from various sources frequently arrives to enable people to survive and eventually to …

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