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  1. Alyssum

    Should the disabled get married?

    Joni Eareckson Tada is a quadraplegic who is enjoying a loving, mutually fulfilling marriage to Ken Tada. They are a beautiful example of marriage. https://www.joniandfriends.org/donate/?appeal=WEBC13A
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    Westboro to picket CT school funerals!

    Just awful. Pray for these misguided people.
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    Game: Finish the Word for Fabs (9)

    isometric phi
  4. Alyssum

    Adoptions are final!

    Congratulations! I know the joy of having the adoption process completed. :clap:
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    How do you deal with sexuality in your children?

    IMO, I don't think it's necessary to talk to the teachers at church. This is something between your family and the other child's family. Just because the situation was of a sexual nature doesn't mean you have to warn anybody. If your husband talked to the other parents and things have been...
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    How do you deal with sexuality in your children?

    I don't understand why you feel you need to forgive your son. If he was forcing himself on the other child that is one thing, but if this was curiosity between both children then there isn't a need to forgive. Kids experiment sometimes and need to be taught what is appropriate and what is not...
  7. Alyssum

    What is a Christian mystic?

    Thank you all for your responses. The websites that give a description of Christian mysticism are very eye opening. Now if I hear the term "Christian mystic" I have a bit of an understanding.
  8. Alyssum

    What is a Christian mystic?

    Thank you, desmalia. :)
  9. Alyssum

    What is a Christian mystic?

    What is your understanding of what a Christian mystic is?
  10. Alyssum

    What is a Christian mystic?

    Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the article. :wave:
  11. Alyssum

    What is a Christian mystic?

    The Holy Spirit moving through a person in a way that is contrary to Scripture? Is that what you are saying? Then it would not be the Holy Spirit, but perhaps someone's emotions or another "spirit" altogether. Maybe I'm not understanding it correctly.
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    What is a Christian mystic?

    Many years ago I read The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence. I thought it was a very good book, so good in fact that I never got rid of it. It sits on my shelf with other books that have spurred me on in my Christian walk. Recently I read "somewhere" that "someone" thought...
  13. Alyssum

    Qualifications for a deacon.

    When I read the qualifications for a deacon as spelled out in 1 Timothy 3:8-13 the only thing that isn't clear to me is that a deacon must be "beyond reproach." What does beyond reproach mean in this context? Also, how is a candidate for deacon to be "tested?" 1 Tim. 3:10 "These men must...
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    soon to be

    My husband had a surprise party for me. :)
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    Game: Finish the Word for Fabs (9)

    stewardship ci
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    Game: Finish the Word for Fabs (9)

    microcosm pru