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Hope

Gingerken — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:14:20 -0600

Thanks Katy, this election gives me and so many others great hope too.

Ginger

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Touching!

Katy Chen — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:34:31 -0600

I love your story! Gives me hope.

Larry Bird and God

BuildingUpandTearingDown — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:34:58 -0500

Great blog! I haven't read The Secret and I have no intention of doing so because I thought it would end up being exactly as you described it. It's scary to me that this book is so popular and offers people a false hope in getting something for nothing. Your blog made me think of Larry Bird. When he played for the Celtics he was one of the top shooters in basketball. In an interview once, he said that before he shoots, he visualizes the ball going into the hoop. And statistics show that most of the time he shot, actually about 4 out 5 times, the ball did in fact go into the net. However, it wasn't simply that he visualized the ball going into the net that did the job. Larry Bird spent hours everyday practicing and sacrificed a lot to be able to shoot the ball like that. He made decisions that put him in the position to shoot and he took action by putting all of his focus and physical energy into getting that ball in the net.

I like the way you and your friends think. I am the same way. When my husband and I want something...for instance right now we are looking for our first home.... we put a picture of it or a statement about it on our refridgerator to remind us about it every time we go into the kitchen. We are youth pastors and thus have a deep belief in Christ... so we put our faith into action. Rather than just praying and believing for God to work in our lives, we take steps forward in faith to see what we are believing for come to pass. This laziness that The Secret promotes is also a big problem in churches. Many Christians want to have faith for something and then sit on their lazy butts and wait for God to work. I believe God is big enough to work with out us. However, the Bible says that faith without works is dead!

Mabree "BuildingUpandTearingDown"

I just registered with this

rubyroo111 — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:56:11 -0500

I just registered with this community and this posting was the first I read. Thank you. Thank you for putting into words the feelings of torment and freedom that I have experienced in the past year. Thank you for acknowledging that we do need to give up our misconceived ideal for our genuine, sacred selves. Thank you for clarifying what I haven't been able to enunciate on my own.

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you put code in the rich text editor

Denise — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:52:36 -0500

If you want to write code, you have to disable the rich text editor. If you add code to the rich text editor, it just gives you visible code.

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Flamingo House Happenings

This is great advice! Thanks

SophieChanel — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:12:15 -0600

This is great advice! Thanks so much for sharing it!
-Sophie
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