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10 Irrational Beliefs…
10 Irrational Beliefs responsible for the most unhappiness ¢â‚¬“ Albert Ellis There are many lists of these, worded variously, all based on Albert Ellis: The page numbers are from his book, A Guide to Rational Living. The idea that you must have love or approval from all the significant people in your life (101). The idea […]
Serenity Prayer: another version…
God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can and the wisdom to know – it’s me! (Dave Andrews at St Martins this morning, 21 April, 2013).
An Inspiring Story: Scott Neeson, aid worker
10 Questions: Scott Neeson, aid worker, 54 BY:JILL ROWBOTHAM From:The Australian March 23, 2013 12:00AM Scott Neeson: “We have one life to live and it’s the experience of being alive that truly matters.” Picture: Adam Knott Source: The Australian You abandoned a high-flying career in Hollywood to devote yourself to saving the children who live on the Steung […]
Marriage Equality (Alan Austin)
1. Those kinky Hebrews: marriage in the Judeo-Christian scriptures 20 June 2012 When you have a m ƒ ©nage a trois, they must not include a woman and her daughter. ¢â‚¬Å“That is wickedness, ¢â‚¬ says the Lord. And when a man sells his daughter to another man, he must refund the money if the buyer finds the sex unsatisfactory. Just two […]
To a Special Person (why not send this to one?)
To a Special Person JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT’S CHRISTIAN PERSON WEEK AND YOU SHOULD SEND THIS TO ALL BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE. When I say that ‘I am a Christian’, I am not shouting that ‘I am clean living. I’m whispering ‘I was lost, but now I’m found and forgiven.’ When I say I […]
The more time-saving gadgets we invent, the less time we actually have
So let’s celebrate Labour Day by doing absolutely nothing. Date March 10, 2013 Ian Rose ‘Thank the stars tomorrow is a day off.’ More than 150 years before the first known use of the phrase ”work-life balance”, the eight-hour-day movement sprang from the Industrial Revolution in Britain, demanding an equal allotment of time for ”work, […]
Friends…
Why do I have a variety of friends who are all so different in character? How is it possible that I can get along with them all? I think that each one helps to bring out a “different” part of me. With one of them I am polite. With another I joke – with another […]
Christian Pop
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 2/25/2013 Christian Pop — Martin E. Marty Commenting on ¢â‚¬Å“Christian Pop, ¢â‚¬ if one is not at home in it, is precarious and will doubtless reveal how out of it the commentator is. So I wander in with a sense of […]
Everything is Relational
Everything is Relational by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com Over the last year or so I’ve been realising how everything in life is related to our relationships, whether we realise it or not. All of our interactions are either constructive or destructive for our relating. That’s why life is so difficult. I thought of saying during a sermon once […]
The Man who fell from Google Earth
The man who fell from Google Earth BY:DAVID KUSHNER From:The Australian February 23, 2013 12:00AM Saroo Brierley spent long hours scanning Google Earth, sometimes staying up till 4am, looking for his home village. Source: Supplied Saroo reunited with his mother. Source: AP IT was just a small river flowing over a dam wall, but to five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan […]
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