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Actually....the Teddy Bear is named after Teddy Roosevelt. While hunting in Mississippi during his presidency, a few of the men in Roosevelt's party treed a small black bear and summoned Roosevelt so that he could take the shot. Roosevelt decided that killing the young, trapped bear was...

Sancho: Three of the most profound books that have helped me transcend the chronic physical pain that engulfs my body and my soul on a daily basis are: Living Through Pain, Psalms and the Search for Wholeness by Kristin M. Swenson Healing Into Life and Death by Stephen Levine Along with...

In April 2004, I attended an 8 hour Zazen with the Springs Mountain Sangha, a community affiliated with the Open Source. see Awakened Life: The Open Source The time was spent with alternating periods of sitting and walking meditation (outside in a lovely garden and the weather was sunny so...

This reminds me of a quote: A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. ~Rabindranath Tagore Welcome to Interfaith Sancho. Please continue on your quest to understand the bible. I have much to say about living through pain and the Suffering of God from the...

Welcome to Interfaith!! Please stay and continue your enlightening thread about suffering.

^ Thanks, Thomas, for that example from a real life moral dilemma. I am always amazed at how these decisions are made in a split second and by ordinary citizens who are faced with extraordinary situations. The coach driver is a hero in my book.

^ Speaking of voting blocs that have been and are manipulated by political strategists, one of the many reasons that I stopped attending the conservative evangelical churches that abound here in Colorado Springs is because of the mentality that if you don't vote Republican, you are not a true...

Welcome Ivan. Good to have you here. ~~Jan

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Thank you for the reminder and for the encouragement. I agree that the Divine exists in the depths of our pain, suffering and sorrow. I have encountered God's grace and mercy during the darkest nights of my soul..even more so than those "flowery" times.

I am not trained as a logical thinker and I cannot argue logically at all. I am an intuitive thinker and I have flashes of knowing what I know and having a peace about that knowing. I decided to attempt a Masters in Theology at an evangelical seminary: Fuller Theological Seminary as they have a...

Thank you. I found your post to be very inspiring and I needed to hear those words at this particular time. Experiential evidence of an answered prayer. Shalom, Jan

Luna, Just thought I would flutter by and say hi. On another forum my screen name is Mariposita (little butterfly). Maybe I should change it here.

The Ghost Whisperer with Stargate and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman thrown in. I see dead people. :eek:

Now I see. Well I guess I will take my inferior intellect and leave this part of the board alone. I much prefer discussion with those blokes at the pub any day. Now if only I can convince some of my more logical friends who are trained in Protestant Apologetics to post here there would be a more...

Some of us are comfortable with our discomfort. :D

^ Me, too. I love my dream life..sometimes it feels more real than when I am "awake." I love books, all books..books books books. I love the smell of a bookstore, the feel of the page, the look of the written word that brings images alive in my mind. Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky...

Thanks for these nuggets of wisdom Thomas. I must say that I am not here to debate either side because I don't think with an either/or assumption but with both/and. I also recognize that you are an apologist for the Roman Catholic Church and I respect you devotion to your faith. I don't share...

Smells: Pine forests after a hard rain storm. Lilac bushes in the Spring. Angel Lily perfume by Thierry Mugler Bread baking Roses Sights: Pikes Peak..all the mountains in the Rockies for that matter Aspen trees in the autumn Flowers The ocean along the Pacific Northwest coast Tall...

Thanks for stopping by and for sharing that lovely story about your grandmother's doxie dog and magpie. I don't think I have ever known anyone who had a pet magpie before. :))