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In Defense of the Cannabis Family

While fourteen states have legalized medical marijuana, on a national level, there is still a stigma about the plant that we just haven’t been able to get around. We have legalized most everything we can put a price tag on although much of it causes more health, environmental, and relationship problems than marijuana. And even [...]

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The Audacity of Democracy

In trying to wade through the political mechanism created to run America it is apparent that the two party’s are primarily the same. In the grand scheme of life, we’re all the same. Down to the construction of our DNA, the helixes for any given person aren’t all that different. Spinning up that helix back [...]

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Proactive Democracy?

Regarding the Circle of Influence/Circle of Concern idea proposed by Stephen Covey in relation to our foreign affairs. Is the implementation of democracy in Afghanistan or Iraq, or any other country for that matter, in America’s Circle of Concern or our Circle of Influence? How effective can we really be at forcing people into accepting [...]

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People of the World… Relax

There’s a lot of scary stuff going on in the paper, a lot more unknown and hidden behind the byline. And some may say that it’s easy for me to speak of peace in the shadow of the redwoods away from the roving DC sniper and the bombs of the Holy Land. And they would [...]

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The Game

Everything I need is right here with me All the living I can do I’ll do right now All I ask of life is she provide for me Keep me safe, not always warm Loved, not always held Just keep me fed and keep me in the game I see beauty in the storm as [...]

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The Simplicity and Complexity of God

When I look at this country, it occurs to me that America, in its very birth, was an escape from the Church, and though our forefathers were searching for religious freedom, for many of them, it was freedom from religion. They sought more from life – more from God. Many of them were religious men, [...]

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The Kingdom of Heaven Is At Hand

I’ve seen so many Christians consumed with End Time prophecies the way others are consumed with alien attacks and crop circles. Most every cult ever formed was based on End Time prophecy and believing whatever one has to in order to save one’s own ass. Where do we draw the line between the breath of [...]

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Religious Practice is Still Practice

I don’t decry anyone who tells me of a religious experience they had in church, for I, too, have felt the Spirit move while standing between the pews. But I have also seen the peace of Christ in the eyes of a Buddhist monk. I have seen the compassion of Christ in the actions of [...]

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Does your Faith include Fury?

I bear no ill will toward anyone who holds a religious belief, Christian or otherwise. Yet, a fire does burn in my heart when I see beliefs override compassion and human decency. I hate to see history and mythology given preference over experience. And I find it tragic that the present must be viewed in [...]

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Does Glenn Beck Have a Dream or a Nightmare?

Although I disagree with just about everything that comes out of his mouth, and though he didn’t remember the date himself, I have to thank Glenn Beck for reminding me about the 47th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington. It so happens that Mr. Beck has scheduled his own rally [...]

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