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    ZiSunka is gone

    ZiSunka has died suddenly. She left a note asking me to come to this website and let everyone know, and to thank Tulc and Cletic Rose. among others, for their friendship and support. She asked me to distribute her blessing points and to close out her account. There were no public services...
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    God bless you in your walk of faith!

    I think this last series of fights have killed this A/Q forum. Although I don't think it was God will for the forum to die, I think He allowed it for His good and our good. Now we can leave behind our lives in denominationally-sectioned cyberspace and resume our lives on Planet Earth. God...
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    Can anyone tell me about my icon?

    I bought this at an antique store in Kezmarok, Slovakia last year. It looks like Cyrillic writing to me, so I was thinking it might be Orthodox in origin. It is carved out of a light, porous stone, with traces of black polychrome around the edges. Can anyone help me determine where and when...
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    Ever-widening gap between faith and non-faith?

    Maybe it's just the websites and radio stations I hang around on, but I seem to be noticing that there is a lot more open anamosity and even hatred against religious people and religion. YouTube currently has over 1000 videos mocking, denigrating, opposing or even threatening people of...
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    Anabaptist/Quaker links

    I'd like us to start a list of Anabaptist and Quaker websites. Here's one I like to visit: http://www.thirdway.com/
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    100 ways to make the world a better place

    There must be hundreds of everyday things we could be doing to make our world and our communities better places. Can you think of any?
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    Judgment or joy?

    I can't help but notice that so many anabaptist groups around here seem to focus on judging people based on externals like clothing, hair, headcovering, type of music, etc. They seem to want to make themselves seem more spiritual or holy by defining what "spiritual" and "holy" mean in such a...
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    What do you think about this quote?

    "Modern American Christianity is filled with the spirit of narcissism. We are in love with ourselves and evaluate churches, ministers and truth-claims based upon how they make us feel about ourselves. If the church makes me feel wanted, it is a good church. If the minister makes me feel good...
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    BPD vs NPD

    What are the differences between Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
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    In the news today

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html As the director of the Human Genome Project, I have led a consortium of scientists to read out the 3.1 billion letters of the human genome, our own DNA instruction book. As a believer, I see DNA, the information molecule of all...
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    In the news

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/04/02/forbidden.flier.ap/index.html SYRACUSE, New York (AP) -- A school district violated a fourth-grader's constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection by refusing to allow her to distribute "personal statement" fliers carrying a religious...
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    Reading to your kids

    Please respond to the following poll: you can choose more than one option if you have children in more than one age group.
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    Is this offensive?

    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/29/entertainment/main2627264.shtml?source=mostpop_story Without telling you my take on this, I would like to know what you really think of a chocolate Christ. Is it offensive to you as a Christian? I'll tell you my opinion later.
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    Heaven's Love Thrift Shop

    http://www.dailyink.com/en-us/content_offerings/features.php Here's a cute new cartoon that is especially for service-minded Christians. What do you think of it?
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    How do you practice peace?

    Sorry I somehow brought up a bad subject. I withdraw the question.
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    Bluffton Students killed in bus crash

    A bus carrying students from Bluffton University, a Mennonite college in Ohio, fell off a bridge in Atlanta on the way to a basketball game in Florida. Several students are dead and many others are critically injured. Please pray for the victims and for the families that will be travelling to...
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    How often do you read?

    How many times a week do you read?
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    How much do you read?

    Hi again! I'm looking for information about how much avid readers read. Please choose one of the following options and comment if you would like.
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    Poll: How much do you read?

    oops, it didn't post the poll and it won't let me modify the thread now. Sorry, I'll try again after the 5 minute time is up. :)
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    Favorite family books

    Do you ever read together as a family, and if you do, what are some of your family's favorite books?