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Look to the Mountains By:-Ruca Martin
What is a Trail Thought To me it is what happens when you venture outside on a clear, cold winter night and gaze into the heavens
Biblical Wisdom Defined By:-Ruca Martin
We often think of wisdom in the abstract — as if it represents a human philosophy, constructed by the hands of men, with only a theoretical application to everyday life But according to scripture, wisdom pre-existed the creation of the world and comes from the heart of God
Bankrupt in Bridgeport By:-Ruca Martin
In the preface to Trail Thoughts, I describe my early life of career building as a pursuit of the youthful dreams common in those times: "…I was drawn to Manhattan because of its magnetic energy, its endless promise and its aura of mystery" But while the initial trajectory of my life there seemed to be rising to the upper reaches of success, the reality was just the reverse
Jesse Tree and Advent By:-Ruca Martin
Jesse Tree and Advent are tied together where as the Jesse Tree has biblical root Some parishes defer the use of a Christmas tree to a Jesse Tree in the Altar or sanctuary area
How I Came to My 'Jonah Moment' By:-Ruca Martin
As a young man, I was drawn to Manhattan because of its magnetic energy, its endless promise and its aura of mystery To me, Manhattan was an imaginary city of glittering majesty, the city described by Fitzgerald as a place that has all the "…wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world
The Unbearable Darkness of Being Without God By:-Ruca Martin
The news is not good A Governor of a large state throws everything away for a few hours of hidden pleasure with an expensive prostitute
Nothing Gold Can Stay By:-Ruca Martin
Our culture is obsessed with the acquisition of material goods and worldly status However, in the race to attain these temporal things, people forget to pursue spiritual riches
The Priests - Their Story By:-Ruca Martin
From time to time, music seems to take a decided style change, with listeners demanding music that allows them to get back to the basics This certainly seems to be the case now as three priests have recently signed a recording deal with music legend Sony BMG
The Nicene Creed By:-Ruca Martin
“We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, of all that is, seen and unseen We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father
The King By:-Ruca Martin
Who comes to mind when you hear the words “the king” Some may think of Elvis or perhaps Henry VIII or King Arthur
Stop Worrying and Start Feeling Good Again! By:-Ruca Martin
Does it sometimes seem like you can’t go on anymore with all the stressful things in your life Rest assured, help is always there with you
7 Step "Tongue-in-Cheek" Guide to Never Having an Experience of God By:-Ruca Martin
Are you one of those people who secretly wish you believed in God Or are you one of those people who believe in God in an abstract way rather than a personal way
Does God Heal Those Who Pray or Do We Heal Ourselves? By:-Ruca Martin
We have all heard stories of how people who were afflicted with serious diseases prayed to God and were healed Despite the fact that many times prayer does not help, in those cases where it was effective this strengthens the faith of those who prayed and further seals their belief that God exists
Do Atheists Have to be Anti-Faith or Anti-Religion? By:-Ruca Martin
Since the religious terrorism of 9/11 a number of books have appeared by atheists that are staunchly anti-faith and anti-religion, placing many of the evils of modern society at the feet of religion These include Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion, Sam Harris' The End of Faith, Daniel Dennet's Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, and Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great
The Night Battles and Friulian Society By:-Ruca Martin
Friulian society was one of superstition, a rural society in which the old traditions, many of them pre-Christian traditions died hard and were completely foreign to the non-Friulian inquisitors Many of the people in the society were uneducated and sought to explain hard times they encountered through supernatural means, such as witches and the benandanti
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