Orthodoxy04 Nov 2006 09:29 pm

God is Love.  There are three Persons of the Trinity:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  The Father begets the Son, and the Spirit proceeds from the Father.  Each Person of the Trinity is in Essence (technical term), God.  Just like we are all in Essence, Man. 

Well, not “just like.”  We Men are individuated, separate beings.  We are finite, and divided.  The Persons of the Trinity are all infinite, because they are all in Essence, God.  In Essence, they are indistinguishable, though not confused.  They “are” and “exist” in the fullness of the Communion Relationship of Love.  God is Love.  And so we refer to them as Trinity or God in the singular. 

We can aim for this in our relationships of Love.  (more…)

Deeper Topics and Orthodoxy and Personal04 Nov 2006 08:19 pm

I’ve had a fairly intense spiritual weekend this weekend. I watched a couple of movies that (regardless of how good the movies are) got me to thinking about deep topics. I watched “United 93″ and “Artificial Intelligence. ” Both have their good and bad points. The movies aren’t the point. The point is I came to realize the Meaning of Life this weekend. Seriously. I’ll tell you, just keep reading.

There are two aspects to the answer. They’re the answers to the questions “Why was I created,” and “What is my purpose?”

The first question is one of existence itself. What sustains us as living, real, vital persons? What defines me as being? What, if it were taken away, would cause me to not exist? I’ll give you a clue, it’s not “I think therefore I am.”

The second question has to do with the purpose of my existence. What am I here to do? What should I be working for? Why keep going?

And the Meaning of Life is… (more…)

Technology13 Aug 2006 07:04 pm

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Wow.  This is actually fantastic.  I can insert images, play with text and fonts. 

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Story Telling06 Feb 2006 10:50 pm

By: Leslie Slape
The Feather of the Firebird

Long ago in Russia, there lived a brave huntsman who had a horse that could talk. Every day, he would ride into the dark forest and bring back wonderful things for his master, the Tsar.

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