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Is The Way, The Truth, and The Life a Noun, Verb, or Both?

March 2, 2023 By Harold Long 1 Comment

Is The Way, The Truth, and The Life a Noun, Verb, or Both? 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” John 14:6 (CEB). Let me ask whether you consider yourself a Christian, a spiritualist, irreligious, an atheist, or an agnostic, possibly the… Read More »

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Leave The Judgment To God

July 22, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.”  ~ Tariq Ramadan People judging people goes back to the beginning of creation. Extreme self-centeredness is in the DNA of humanity. When it comes to judgment, who are we to judge anyone? No blue ribbons are hanging on any of… Read More »

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Social Spirituality

July 8, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” ~ Susan B. Anthony The famous theologian John Wesley argued there is no religion but social religion and no holiness but social holiness. Spirituality is a practice, not an intellectual exercise… Read More »

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Why Settle For Less

June 2, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“There is no passion for being found in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela Why settle for less when the best this life has to offer is waiting for an invitation from you. We all come from different walks of life, and fate determines… Read More »

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How to Change the World

March 28, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer When you stop and look at the world today, you can quickly become hopeless. How to change the world seem like an impossible task, with no satisfactory answers. Evil is everywhere you look; it’s like we live in the land of the lost. If… Read More »

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The Spirituality of Mr. Clean

March 9, 2021 By Harold Long Leave a Comment

“It may be difficult, but there will be times we need to pick up our brooms and do some spiritual house cleaning. It is through this process that we find our true relationships, our true heart, our core integrity, and our life’s purpose.” ~ Molly Friedenfeld, The Book of Simple Human Truths Spring is around the… Read More »

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The Quiet Place

February 25, 2021 By Harold Long 2 Comments

Where is that special place you go to get quiet? That place where you decompress and spend time alone with God; your quiet place? If you’re like most people in America, you live a busy life. It may seem like you don’t always achieve a lot on a given day, but your calendar is always… Read More »

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