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Posts from May 2015

Impermanence

by Rev. Jim Fuller   Dear Friends, Our friend the Buddha offered many helpful insights for developing deep spiritual wisdom; among these was the teaching of impermanence.  His teachings on impermanence remind us of the temporary nature of things and conditions in the physical/phenomenal world.  Things come into being.  They last a while, changing as…

Spotlight On Service: Trudy Ellis

(reprint from June 2007) By John Daubney For the past ten years [Ed. note: now 19 years] Trudy Ellis has lovingly and effectively been providing nursery care on Sundays so that adults with very small children have the opportunity to attend service; not an easy undertaking for parents.  Trudy quietly goes about offering her gift…

the trouble with normal

by Roger Mock   Songwriter Bruce Cockburn, (who, you may notice, I have a habit of quoting) has a song with the chorus, “The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.” His song addresses the political realities that cause the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer and to remain mostly…