I was looking for another story to post this morning, but came across this one and wanted to share.

What does God "in a box" conger up for you.? in personal lives, in churches and in society? Is God contained to our perception of what a box is and how would you break down the box? Is everybody's box different? Are some boxes bigger than others? Or should we leave the box alone?

I am still fumbling along with the scriptures for July, David and the Ark and Herod killing John the Baptist. I see that both left God out of their choices. David danced - half naked, not caring about how others ( and God) might feel about his exuberance and Herod had John beheaded even though Herod was kind of in awe of John and his message. Herod made a choice that was against his better judgement ( and God's).

Soooo, what choices do we make today without any thought of God and what God wants us to do? or do we even think about it?

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As we know, human beings are in fact animals.  We are of nature and we are nature.  We are as much nature as plants and other animals. What is it that makes us different from other animals then?

 It is our advanced minds that seperate us from nature (or vainly attempt to).  Nature, from which humans attempt to diverge from is OUR true nature as humans.  Our true nature is essentially Jesus Christ, it is Buddha nature. 

 A ten year old boy and his eight year old brother were constantly getting into trouble. Their parents were at their wits’end. In desperation, they decided to take their boys to see the minister. The minister asked if he could talk to the boys separately. The eight year old boy was called into the minister’s study first. The minister looked him straight in the eyes and asked, “Young man, do you know where God is?” The boy’s eyes widened, but he made no reply.

this is an exerpt from a letter to the editor in MacLean's magazine - may 4th.

            The theme of today’s reading from the First Letter of John is “love one another” - a most appropriate theme for Mother’s Day, on which we celebrate the Christian family. Writer A. E. Brooke once said, “Life is a chance of learning how to love.” I know of no better place for learning to love than the home.

The following was posted on a church lawn that I drove by the other day.

"Just Pray and let God do the worrying."

Is this advice good advice?

LL&P

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In the first account of creation we are told that the heavens and the earth all come from God.  We are also told that all which was created was seen as being good, even very good.

So where did evil come from?

Was evil there before teh "beginning of the beginning"?  Was evil part of the "us" the story mentions when humanity are created (men and women at the same time in this story)?  Is evil in fact part of God?  OR part of the creattion that is called good?