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Christ is Risen Indeed!

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We believe in one high God, who out of love created the beautiful world. We believe that God made good His promise by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, a man in the flesh, a Jew by tribe, born poor in a little village, who left His home and was always on safari doing good, curing people by the power of God, teaching about God and [humanity], and showing that the meaning of religion is love. He was rejected by His people, tortured and nailed hands and feet to a cross, and died. He was buried in the grave, but the hyenas did not touch Him, and on the third day He rose from the grave. He ascended to the skies. He is the Lord. We believe that all our sins are forgiven through him. All who have faith in him must be sorry for their sins, be baptized in the Holy Spirit of God, live the rules of love, and share the bread together in love, to announce the good news to others until Jesus comes again. We are waiting for him. He is alive. He lives. This we believe. Amen.

achievable ends: The Maasai Creed

I’ve always loved this creed and thought it was most appropriate this holy week(end)

Tags: easter, creed

Right now, according to a recent Gallup poll, Clinton leads Obama for the first time since Super Tuesday in a margin  big enough to call it a true lead. McCain and Clinton are almost seemingly working together to come against Obama. And now, McCain is actually ahead of BOTH democratic candidates. *sigh* I’m really frustrated with the way this is turning out.

Shayel (my almost 6 year old): Mommy, you are the queen of me and the princess of God

yes indeed oh little wise earth child, yes indeed

I’ve been listening to news coverage on the discussion about the right to bear arms in our country. It struck me that our Constitution and discussions about it is very similar to the Bible and discussions about it. I wonder if hard line literalist fundamentalist Christians also tend to be hard line literalists about the Constitution.

Tags: constitution, bible, right to bear arms

Lorica of Saint Patrick

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.

I arise today
Through the strength of Christ’s birth and His baptism,
Through the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
Through the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
Through the strength of His descent for the judgment of doom.

I arise today
Through the strength of the love of cherubim,
In obedience of angels,
In service of archangels,
In the hope of resurrection to meet with reward,
In the prayers of patriarchs,
In preachings of the apostles,
In faiths of confessors,
In innocence of virgins,
In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today
Through the strength of heaven;
Light of the sun,
Splendor of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of the wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of the earth,
Firmness of the rock.

I arise today
Through God’s strength to pilot me;
God’s might to uphold me,
God’s wisdom to guide me,
God’s eye to look before me,
God’s ear to hear me,
God’s word to speak for me,
God’s hand to guard me,
God’s way to lie before me,
God’s shield to protect me,
God’s hosts to save me

From snares of the devil,
From temptations of vices,
From every one who desires me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone or in a multitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and evil,
Against every cruel merciless power that opposes my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of women and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man’s body and soul.

Christ shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that reward may come to me in abundance.

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks of me,
Christ in the eye that sees me,
Christ in the ear that hears me.

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation

St. Patrick (ca. 377)
Thanks to my friend Heather for this

Tags: st.patrick, lorica, prayer

If you search for YOGAmazing on iTunes store or go to yogamazing.com you can get some great free yoga videos. They’re all about 18 minutes long which for me is a perfect am/pm practice to add to my usual cardio and strength training. They’re really good and thematic so you can target certain things.

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I can’t remember who posted this quote, I think maybe Julie.  I love it and think it’s very true on many levels - both for the church and for individuals (as my friend Les pointed out)
 

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