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"Hi, you've reached the number you dialed. Leave a message and I will call you back." "Hello, we were all too busy arguing over who was going to get the phone to actually answer it. Leave a message and someone will call you back later." "Hi, we are all tied up at the moment. When they...

Suggestive music can influence a receptive person who has little to no moral center. The images and words portrayed by gifted musicians with their instruments can influence the mood to an extent, sure enough. That being said, I think some people read too much into the lyrics of songs. For...

I shudder to think that we are sitting here trying to pigeon-hole our Lord and savior into a political party or a denomination (which could arguably be seen as a theocratic-based political afilliation). IMO, Jesus was so far beyond that in what He tried to teach. Asking a man if he really...

Try to remember why we went to war in Afghanistan. The Taliban regime was openly and proudly harboring and sponsoring Al qeida and Osama Bin Laden. We gave them the choice of kicking the bad guys out or seeing the underbelly of a B-52. They chose the latter. I won't even dignify the Vietnam...

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." -Ralph Waldo Emerson...

Have you tried talking to her about your friendship and where each of you see it going? It is possible that her family is just a lot more affectionate than, say, my family. Too often friendships and relationships are harmed simply because intentions are misdirected, ignored, not seen, etc...

Weeelll, I was forced to read The Count of Monte Cristo the first time I read it. Has to be my all-time favorite fiction. Dumas can paint such elegant pictures with mere words. Truly a man with a gift.

Homosexuality was listed in Romans among a laundry list of sins. They were all signs of the fallen human condition that prevented one from entering the Kingdom of God. It wasn't singled out as being worse than any other kind of adultery or even murder. Sin is sin in the eyes of God and, when...

OOH! Good choice. That one is next on my list as soon as I finish one or the other of my Ducati books. I read it once long ago, but it's time for a refresher.

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There's one thing that those of you not going through this need to understand. Even those who aren't trying to hurt you...even friends...wind up hurting you. Try to follow me here, I don't know how clearly I can explain this from my perspective. I have quite a few friends that I care a lot...

"The Enemy Within" by Michael Savage. "Ducati Desmoquattro performance handbook" by Ian Falloon 2004 Testastretta service manual Oh yeah, also "Horton Hears a Who."

"Twenty-six years and seems like I've just begun To understand my, my intimate is no one When the director sold the show, who bought its last rites? They cut the cast, the music, and the lights This is my line, this is eternal How did I ever end up here? Discarnate, preternatural My...

'Tis a difficult weight to carry around. One important thing (at least for me, maybe for you as well) to keep in mind is this: When you keep punishing yourself for past sins where you have honestly sought forgiveness, you are holding yourself to a higher standard than God does. When you...

I dunno. I don't think anyone here can tell you when that will be. I don't know what final act, deed, or bit of spiritual growth it will take. God knows when your heart will be ready, and will provide what you need. Keep the faith, keep hope alive, and keep taking your concerns to God. I...

The most honest guidance I have received from a pastor/church: http://www.cor.org/StudyGuides/2004/studyguide_april25_2004.htm The pastor stated that, as he was preparing this sermon, one verse kept coming to mind: I Corinthians 13:12. "Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror...

A very eloquent man I once heard was asked to do the eulogy at his mother's funeral. Racked with pain, he kept coming up blank except for the same two words over and over "she's gone, she's gone". In his despair, he felt God's words on his heart saying "Finish the sentence, my child. She's...

I think I know the feeling. It's not initially suicidal or anything, you are just tired of fighting. Almost to the point of praying for God to call you home & away from the fight. Sometimes beyond that point. We all have our fights and struggles. Some days you get the bear and some days...

"It is one of those dead seas that seem clear and smooth to the eye; but he who unwarily ventures within its embrace finds himself entangled in a quagmire that attracts and swallows him. Once thus ensnared, unless the protecting hand of God snatch him thence, all is over, and his struggles but...