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"Once We Were Strangers"
“Once We Were Strangers”
Less than one week previous, we were five strangers joined together at a Tennessee retreat in search of a personal and spiritual growth experience. We were a very diverse group participating in a 4 ½ day experiential Equine Therapy program who were using ...
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"Making Music Together"
“Making Music Together”
“You cannot imagine. Our lives in Mosul are terrible; this is like a dream for us. We have come together to share and learn". These were the words of a 23-year old student of English from Mosul, Iraq. The student was one of 38 hand-picked participants fr ...
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"A Tribute To Michael"
“A Tribute to Michael”
He was truly known by only a few but to those who did know him, they say that the most important thing in his life was promoting peace and unity among all people of the world. The true person of Michael Jackson was a mystery to most everyone but there were ...
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"Transplanting Our Hearts"
“Transplanting our Hearts”
There is an old fable of a dying man who was in need of a heart transplant if he was to stay alive. There was a big problem though because this man lived with deep prejudice all his life and when word of the availability of a heart came to him, he want ...
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"The Religion of Kindness"
“The Religion of Kindness”
Are you a Religious person? Maybe you are one of 73 million Anglicans, 1 billion Catholics, 940 million Sunni or 120 million Shia Muslims, 376 million Buddhists, 70 million Baptists, 14 million Jews or a member of another of the established Religions of ...
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"Continuing on the Path of Peace"
“Continuing on the Path of Peace”
In my last column titled; “Where Peace Begins”, I tried to emphasize the point that if we are to ever have peace on the planet, which includes those who live on the other side of the world as well as those who leave across the street, we have to ...
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"Where Peace Begins"
“Where Peace Begins”
Where does peace begin? Maybe you would say that the answer is to increase our military strength. Or you may be thinking the answer is to have everyone who disagrees with U.S. policy just “get with it” and agree that we know what is best for the world. Or may ...
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"Hooray For Harvey"
“Hooray for Harvey”
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. He lost his life for a cause he totally believed in. Who is it I’m speaking about? Perhaps you were thinking of Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Martin Luther King JR, or Bobby Kennedy. I’m talking about Harv ...
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"The Definition of Greatness"
“The Definition of Greatness”
To be important in today’s world, to be recognized in today’s world or to be great in today’s world, it seems that we have it all wrong. The media will tell us that those who fit this profile are movie stars in Hollywood, entrepreneurs who have hefty ...
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"A Plan of Action"
“A Call for Action”
The message to high school students became clear a little more than ten years ago. Perform a certain amount of community service hours or you will not be able to graduate. Wait a minute... I thought all that was needed to graduate high school was to have passi ...
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