<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682</id><updated>2011-12-14T19:11:22.100-08:00</updated><category term='motherhood'/><category term='mothers'/><category term='grandmothers'/><category term='reality'/><category term='creation'/><category term='observation inspection'/><category term='identity'/><category term='God'/><category term='science'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>International Congress of Women in Ministry</title><subtitle type='html'>Founded in 1989, the International Congress of Women in Ministry is dedicated to the service of women all over the world who have answered the call of service to humankind.  Be you in tradition or non-tradition, orthodox or non-orthodox practice, our mission is to assist you through education, information, dedication and networking.  For membership info write HerEminenceAmasiri@gmail.com.  All Photographs by Rev. Dr. Sophia Asaviour (unless otherwise noted).</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-7723751168954576324</id><published>2009-07-18T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T14:16:07.015-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Re-Establishing the Wisdom Institute for Women</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0BY7qiccxg/TV7ct5qV9OI/AAAAAAAAYXY/pzY3QwW43vU/s1600/ph77410384.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0BY7qiccxg/TV7ct5qV9OI/AAAAAAAAYXY/pzY3QwW43vU/s320/ph77410384.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575136069861897442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Wisdom Institute for Women is a project of ICWM being re-establish through an online presence.  Courses of study true to its founding history along with seminars, workshops, conferences, retreats and special events are being presented at physical locations and in cyberspace.  Visit the homepage of the &lt;a href="http://www.wisdomispower.net/"&gt;Wisdom Institute for Women&lt;/a&gt; for much detailed information and sign up for our blog.  It is not a sin to think or to question.  We are about finding answers.  Be a light in the world and work miracles!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-7723751168954576324?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/7723751168954576324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=7723751168954576324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7723751168954576324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7723751168954576324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2010/07/re-establishing-wisdom-institute-for.html' title='Re-Establishing the Wisdom Institute for Women'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0BY7qiccxg/TV7ct5qV9OI/AAAAAAAAYXY/pzY3QwW43vU/s72-c/ph77410384.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-7733205663615098721</id><published>2008-12-08T19:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T19:33:54.315-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4e5467784f446b304e773d3d0d0a&amp;campaign=blog_playback_link&amp;blogview=true" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play Merry Christmas" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4e5467784f446b304e773d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&amp;campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own greeting - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smilebox.com/ecards" target="_blank"&gt;Make a Smilebox greeting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-7733205663615098721?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/7733205663615098721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=7733205663615098721&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7733205663615098721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7733205663615098721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-5202191467088991355</id><published>2008-05-08T10:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T12:43:41.400-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mothers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='identity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grandmothers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creation'/><title type='text'>Who You Are</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/SUQETuHNo-I/AAAAAAAATsU/5cS5nvqQ5kA/s1600-h/image54qj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279349400027374562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/SUQETuHNo-I/AAAAAAAATsU/5cS5nvqQ5kA/s320/image54qj.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes we like to think that we are someone grand ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You Are&lt;/strong&gt; ... the very face of God.&lt;br /&gt;the face that never turns away from us&lt;br /&gt;the way God sees the pain and suffering and&lt;br /&gt;short of dropping manna from heaven ... He waits for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You&lt;/strong&gt; ... Are the very voice of God.&lt;br /&gt;the way God speaks newness, freshness and life into His creation, yet&lt;br /&gt;the way God hears the groaning sounds of misery, hate, anger, fear, from us and&lt;br /&gt;short of clapping thunder that would silence every living thing ... He waits for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You Are&lt;/strong&gt; the very evidence of the Love of God.&lt;br /&gt;the way God feels ultimate excitement when you say "I am a Servant of the Lord; be it done to me as you say" and instantly "tiny cells, fibers, muscles, molecules, blood and water begin taking their position to transform into a unique pattern never to be duplicated ever again for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are SomeOne "Grand"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mother -- fifteen to fifty-five&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are&lt;/strong&gt; the Host and Bearer of Life.&lt;br /&gt;This is Who You Are!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Dr. Sophia Asaviour Crocheron&lt;br /&gt;copyright 8 May 2008&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-5202191467088991355?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/5202191467088991355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=5202191467088991355&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/5202191467088991355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/5202191467088991355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2008/05/who-you-are.html' title='Who You Are'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/SUQETuHNo-I/AAAAAAAATsU/5cS5nvqQ5kA/s72-c/image54qj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-2918855910806197597</id><published>2008-01-17T02:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T02:17:02.641-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Join the ICWM</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48pZ_B8N8I/AAAAAAAAOX4/aUQjslyOx0s/s1600-h/Were+in+MyPics+6-9-2007+3-42-37+PM+217x356.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156385624755550146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48pZ_B8N8I/AAAAAAAAOX4/aUQjslyOx0s/s200/Were+in+MyPics+6-9-2007+3-42-37+PM+217x356.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Get Membership Information for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;International Congress of Women in Ministry &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;by writing to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:HerEminenceAmasiri@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HerEminenceAmasiri@gmail.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are going places this year.  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We don't want to leave you behind.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-2918855910806197597?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/2918855910806197597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=2918855910806197597&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/2918855910806197597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/2918855910806197597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2008/01/join-icwm.html' title='Join the ICWM'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48pZ_B8N8I/AAAAAAAAOX4/aUQjslyOx0s/s72-c/Were+in+MyPics+6-9-2007+3-42-37+PM+217x356.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-7272308650434549652</id><published>2008-01-01T23:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T13:03:33.359-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Honor</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48JD_B8N7I/AAAAAAAAOXw/e-RG7ZzJ568/s1600-h/Were+in+MyPics+6-6-2007+5-27-16+PM+418x322.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156350062426339250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48JD_B8N7I/AAAAAAAAOXw/e-RG7ZzJ568/s320/Were+in+MyPics+6-6-2007+5-27-16+PM+418x322.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Photographer Unknown&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Yes, this baby is pointing at you. nAnd, for those who may not be able to make out some of the words on the photo, the caption reads: &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b&gt;YOU HAVE THE POWER, SO BE POWERFUL!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Wow! So many of us feel powerless.  But we are not.  We are immensely powerful.  We only think we are powerless.  Think afresh...&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Elections are taking place or have already taken place in many States and Nations.  Much is being said to and about voters.  I would like to address those who are being elected.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Once an individual is elected to public office, they become the people's servant.  With your election they have said: "I invest in you the power to be me and speak on my behalf as I would speak.  Be my eyes, ears, hands, and feet.  Reap for me the harvest of my labor."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to make a suggestion to the powers-that-be: make an offering of genuine humility to the people.  You will not regret it and they will not forget it.  Humility has rewards: true honor and respect.  These are the gifts to those who are humble without reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nameste. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(A portion of this entry was published in '&lt;b&gt;My&lt;/b&gt; Space' 30 December 2007.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-7272308650434549652?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/7272308650434549652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=7272308650434549652&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7272308650434549652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/7272308650434549652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2008/01/your-honor.html' title='Your Honor'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/R48JD_B8N7I/AAAAAAAAOXw/e-RG7ZzJ568/s72-c/Were+in+MyPics+6-6-2007+5-27-16+PM+418x322.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-1136485485767031651</id><published>2007-08-14T17:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T17:58:15.710-07:00</updated><title type='text'>U.S. NGO Founder heads for Kenya to build Peace Memorial</title><content type='html'>MANKOTO, MN -- In November of 2007 Dr. Sophia Asaviour, president of Peace of the World International, is arriving to clear land in Huri Hills in Kenya East Africa.  Acreage has been made available for a Peace Memorial to be built, which will include: a Vocational Training Center, Free Clinic, Clear Water Wells, and Children's Peace Academy.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Through the efforts of the Honorable Ukur Yatani, who is a Member of Parliament, along with the generosity of the people of the Marsabit District, a memorial is being built in the Huri Hills area in memory of the 12 government officials who set out on a mission of peace (Monday, 8 April 2006) and were killed in a devastating plane crash.  This is phase one of a four part project to be completed on 10+ acres of land. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Dr. Asaviour says she is going to Kenya to work because:  "I want to take part in all phases of this project's growth and development.   I am calling upon those who will volunteer to join me in: clearing the land, setting fences, laying foundations, building walls and roofs, digging and securing wells, and planting fields. The purpose for this effort is to bring together volunteers, local builders, and villagers to work together for the benefit of peace and for the sake of the community.  This is the beginning.  Come and continue with us." &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Anyone interested in volunteering should send an email to info@peaceoftheworld.org.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Any company or organization that is willing to donate tents for lodging, provide food for volunteer meals, or make any other contributions, should contact Destiny's Light Radio Network in Kenya care of Mr. Samuel Guvai at 254-723-283752 email address guvaisam21@gmail.com or Christian Partnership Development Agency (CPDA) care of Mrs. Alice Kirambi at 254-44-2838 or 254-44-1994.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-1136485485767031651?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/1136485485767031651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4335/1371/400/928521/amma2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Indian guru affectionately known as Ammachi wishes to comfort wounded hearts through an expression of unconditional love, but also to awaken in people to what she calls the "healing qualities of universal motherhood." Both men and women can express these qualities, she teaches. "The love of awakened motherhood is a love and compassion felt not only towards one's own children, but towards all people ... to all of nature," she says. "This motherhood is Divine Love - and that is God."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-116451035905058323?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/116451035905058323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=116451035905058323&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/116451035905058323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/116451035905058323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/11/embrace.html' title='The Embrace'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-115174557563750048</id><published>2006-08-01T02:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-11-26T01:40:02.693-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Men Speaking Truth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Death?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You don't have to do anything to make that happen.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It comes to us all uninvited.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The living is what you have to work at.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(James Brown Crocheron, 80 year old relative)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;~ ! ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;During these times of indecision when all the old answers are proven false, the people look back to the dead to give them a clue.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(from "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, pg. 306)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-115174557563750048?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/115174557563750048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-5279645777857245911</id><published>2006-07-16T22:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T22:09:55.253-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='observation inspection'/><title type='text'>Soul Profile</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/SZpUao_UxII/AAAAAAAAW8w/vNKRvaMzIGk/s1600-h/287208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303644327838532738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/SZpUao_UxII/AAAAAAAAW8w/vNKRvaMzIGk/s320/287208.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What do you see as your unique talents?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Communication&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Creative Motivator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Making Friends &amp;amp; Helping Strangers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-5279645777857245911?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/5279645777857245911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=5279645777857245911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/5279645777857245911'/><link rel='self' 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Add your answer in the comments section for all to see. I will be back to give the answer in August. InJoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;___________________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Am the taste of water.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Am the light of the Sun and the Moon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Am the original fragrance of the Earth.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Am the heat in fire.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I Am the life of all that lives.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of lights, I Am the radiant Sun.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Among stars, I Am the Moon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of bodies of water, I am the ocean.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of immovable things, I Am the Himalayas.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of trees, I Am the banyan-tree.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of weapons, I Am the thunderbolt.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Among beasts, I Am the lion.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of purifiers, I Am the wind.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of fishes, I Am the shark.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of flowing rivers, I Am the Ganges.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of seasons, I Am flower-bearing spring.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of secret things, I am silence.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;spring from but a spark&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;of my splendor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-115146727392435330?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/115146727392435330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=115146727392435330&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/115146727392435330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/115146727392435330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/06/god-talk.html' title='God Talk'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-115136145681979571</id><published>2006-06-26T14:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T15:56:35.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Defining Liberty</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/LM-LIBERTY-the1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/LM-LIBERTY-the1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Liberty:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"The daughter of the Gospel -- sister of justice and pity -- mother of equality, abundance and peace."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;-Edouard Rene' Lefebvre de Laboulaye, godfather to the Statue of Liberty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-115136145681979571?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/115136145681979571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=115136145681979571&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/115136145681979571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/115136145681979571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/06/defining-liberty.html' title='Defining Liberty'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-115146838788046727</id><published>2006-05-05T21:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T21:22:40.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paradox</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Whoever desires&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;to be given&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;everything&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;must&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;first give&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;everything&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-115146838788046727?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/115146838788046727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=115146838788046727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/115146838788046727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/xma15.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is an underlying perfection to this world. Sometimes we can’t see it with all the problems and pollution, but it is there anyway. When we hold that truth in our consciousness, and focus on that perfection, we can bring it into the light. Think peace.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;-Lissa Coffey&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114557568227257543?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114557568227257543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114557568227257543&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114557568227257543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114557568227257543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/04/perfection.html' title='Perfection'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114438612896410890</id><published>2006-04-06T22:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T17:19:45.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inner Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Symptoms of Inner Peace&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Watch for the Signs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to it, and it seems likely that we could find ourselves experiencing it in epidemic proportions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experiences.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of interest in judging other people.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of interest in judging self.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of interest in interpreting the action of others.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of interest in conflict.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Loss of ability to worry (a very serious symptom).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frequent attacks of smiling through the eyes from the heart.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Increased susceptibility to Love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have all or even most of the above symptoms, please be advised that your condition may be too far advanced to turn back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting several of these symptoms, remain exposed at your own risk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This condition of Inner Peace is likely well into its infectious stage. Be forewarned.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(from the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation Newsletter)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114438612896410890?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114438612896410890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114438612896410890&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114438612896410890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114438612896410890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/04/inner-peace.html' title='Inner Peace'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114255191666974513</id><published>2006-03-16T15:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T15:31:56.683-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Leadership</title><content type='html'>Throughout history, God has always used a leader as a change agent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, leadership and management are not the same.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The leader understands and is able to articulate three important things:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Why&lt;/strong&gt; (misson statement)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;What&lt;/strong&gt; (goal)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;How&lt;/strong&gt; (strategy).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114255191666974513?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114255191666974513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114255191666974513&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255191666974513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255191666974513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/03/leadership.html' title='Leadership'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114255506093293727</id><published>2006-03-09T16:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T16:24:20.946-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Come...Go</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/ph428961.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/ph428961.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114255506093293727?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114255506093293727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114255506093293727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255506093293727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255506093293727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/03/comego.html' title='Come...Go'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114146480441875413</id><published>2006-03-04T01:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T01:39:33.160-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Am</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;I Am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;the One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;for whom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;God waits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;I Am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;awaiting the One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;Who is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;awaiting Me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114146480441875413?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114146480441875413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114146480441875413&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114146480441875413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114146480441875413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-am.html' title='I Am'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114255400219564308</id><published>2006-02-24T14:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T16:06:42.230-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where we Stand is Holy Ground</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/collage3.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/collage3.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114255400219564308?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114255400219564308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114255400219564308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255400219564308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114255400219564308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/02/where-we-stand-is-holy-ground.html' title='Where we Stand is Holy Ground'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114013904584317374</id><published>2006-02-16T17:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T20:39:31.010-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tree of Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;Lord,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;slow me down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;ease the pounding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;of my heart by quieting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;my mind.  Help me to know the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;magical restoring power of sleep.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;Let me look upward into the oak branches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;and know that it grew solid, strong and en-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;during because it grew slowly.  Give me strength,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;courage, wisdom, vision, and a clear mind that I may&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;carry to fulfillment the responsibilities placed upon me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;Renew my energies that I may utilize, to the fullest, the tal-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;ents bestowed upon me.  When life has struck me a low blow, help&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;me to remember that this too shall pass.  In times of prosperity,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;remind me that the present is all that I have.  Permit me to enjoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;it and find fulfillment.  Permit me to persist in my pursuit of those&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;inexorable laws which, if too long ignored, will crush me - but which,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;if observed, can be the ever willing tool to accomplish Thy will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;Help me to understand that the real secret of happiness is to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;learn that I have no boundaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;In good times,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;let me befriend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;others, knowing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;that I will need&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;their solace in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;my time of ad-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;versity.  May I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;ever be mindful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;that not my will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;"&gt;but Thy will be done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114013904584317374?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114013904584317374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114013904584317374&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114013904584317374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114013904584317374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/02/tree-of-life.html' title='Tree of Life'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113945631434717944</id><published>2006-02-08T19:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-08T19:38:34.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Platform of Questors</title><content type='html'>If matter is unevolved spirit,&lt;br /&gt;It cannot be said to be&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;non-existent&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If spirit is evolved matter,&lt;br /&gt;it alone cannot be&lt;br /&gt;said to be&lt;br /&gt;expressive of&lt;br /&gt;the infinite qualities&lt;br /&gt;represented by&lt;br /&gt;the word&lt;br /&gt;consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each range of spectrum has its spirit-matter polarity,&lt;br /&gt;otherwise&lt;br /&gt;there could not be manifestation,&lt;br /&gt;just as there could not be electrical or magnetic phenomena without their appropriate two poles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Astrophysics would seem to be approaching the ancient view,&lt;br /&gt;that of the constant coming into being and disappearance into rest of numberless universes within the field of the infinite.&lt;br /&gt;This field is pervaded by consciousness so that,&lt;br /&gt;as the philosophers of all times have said,&lt;br /&gt;Divinity is like an infinite circle whose center is everywhere and circumference is nowhere.&lt;br /&gt;This implies that every minuscule particle and the most gigantic conglomeration of heavenly bodies are equally permeated with a divine quality,&lt;br /&gt;with consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;From such a source comes the vitalism,&lt;br /&gt;the dynamic drive to growth,&lt;br /&gt;the constant emergence out of the unfathomable potential resources of Space,&lt;br /&gt;of new qualities,&lt;br /&gt;refinement after refinement of spirit and matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is where we must search out the reason for existence,&lt;br /&gt;the meaning of life and its manifold productivity.&lt;br /&gt;The urge is toward ever more unfoldment from some center within each entity,&lt;br /&gt;of the limitless latent possibilities awaiting the conditions and the opportunities for expression.&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing haphazard when the sequence of cause and effect is inescapable.&lt;br /&gt;The encouraging feature is that the growth and unfoldment of finer and yet finer faculties are constant and unending.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(--adapted from I. M. Oderberg's Mind and Spacetime)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113945631434717944?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113945631434717944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113945631434717944&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113945631434717944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113945631434717944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/02/platform-of-questors.html' title='Platform of Questors'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-114084223759941249</id><published>2006-02-08T16:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T20:37:17.600-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/FH000024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/FH000024.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; David's Garden, Nairobi Kenya East Africa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-114084223759941249?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/114084223759941249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=114084223759941249&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114084223759941249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/114084223759941249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/02/peace.html' title='Peace'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113943713921501242</id><published>2006-02-08T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-24T20:32:06.210-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Only One</title><content type='html'>Mike Taylor in part 6 of his presentation on &lt;a href="http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/xian/omni.html"&gt;What God is Like &lt;/a&gt;begins this way:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we want to look at the awesomeness of God: his utter, ultimate power, knowledge and relevance to everything that ever happens. The three qualities of God that theologians talk about in this area are the ``omnis'':&lt;br /&gt;His omnipotence - he can do anything.&lt;br /&gt;His omniscience - he knows everything.&lt;br /&gt;His omnipresence - he is everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;We're going to look at all these in one session, somewhat mushed together, as they are facets of the same truth - the ``ultimateness'' or ``absoluteness'' of God, if you like. We won't try too hard to break the three ``omnis'' apart as they represent a rather artificial distinction. We'll see how they tie together.&lt;br /&gt;For a lot of people, these issues are more fruitfully approached through the arts than than through the sciences. That's because, as we've observed before, God is just too big to fit into our finite, mortal minds. The best we can hope for is a piercing glimpse of the reality - which is what music, for example, can sometimes give us. While science wants to have everything mapped out neatly, and fails completely when it can't grasp its subject, art is content with allusions, hints and analogies. That's why, even though by nature I am a scientific kind of person, I've got more real insight into God's nature from novels and music than from any amount of theology. You need the theology so you can fit the glimpses into a coherent framework; but if all you have is a framework, you might as well give up and go home.&lt;br /&gt;The key insight here is that God is much, much more than we understand. There is so much more to him than we will ever grasp in this life - and maybe in the next. Most Christians become Christians long before they have any real understanding of who it is they have come to love and trust; and to be truthful, we never fully find out. That's not a bad thing, though it may sound like it: it's like a developing love affair, which grows deeper as the lover grow to know each other more deeply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(Mike is a minister at the Gospel Centre, Gloucestershire GL17 9XF ENGLAND)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113943713921501242?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113943713921501242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113943713921501242&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113943713921501242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113943713921501242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/02/only-one.html' title='Only One'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113868946570398849</id><published>2006-01-30T22:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-30T22:37:45.713-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Believe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/collage6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/collage6.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have faith in health or in illness?&lt;br /&gt;Do you have faith in the abundance of God's universe or in lack?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You say, "What silly questions!" But you do have a choice as to where you put your faith, and this choice will determine your experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you willing to invest your faith in the solution as much as you may have in the problem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith is a security that can be invested. Anything you have faith in can become a reality in your life. That is the wealth permeating faith. During times of great distress, by holding onto faith in God, you can be carried through the experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A gardner plants seeds in the soil and then begins to act on faith. He or she cannot see the growth that is happening beneath the earth, yet continues to water and weed the garden. That is faith! That is belief in the invisible, trusting that there is a Power at work to bring forth the harvest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We can't see or know the whole picture. But we can know that thre is a Higher Power &amp;amp; Vision and that seeing through our human eyes, we can only see a tiny piece of the whole. That is where faith comes in.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113868946570398849?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113868946570398849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113868946570398849&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113868946570398849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113868946570398849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/believe.html' title='Believe'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113447825451794633</id><published>2006-01-30T22:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-30T22:13:17.806-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Every Second Counts</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe id="apciframe" style="WIDTH: 125px; 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yet, in this unquenchable thirst there is eternal joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My soul preached to me and taught me to touch that which has not become incarnate; my soul revealed to me that whatever we touch is part of our desire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now my fingers have turned into mist penetrating that which is seen in the universe and mingling with the Unseen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...My soul spoke to me and said, "Do not measure Time by saying, 'There was yesterday, and there shall be tomorrow.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And before my soul spoke to me, I imagined the Past as an epoch that never returned, and the Future as one that could never be reached.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I realize that the present moment contains all time and within it is all that can be hoped for, done and realized.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My soul preached to me exhorting me not to limit space by saying, "Here, there, and yonder."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before my soul preached to me, I felt that wherever I walked was far from any other space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I realize that wherever I am contains all places; and the distance that I walk embraces all distances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My soul preached to me and said, "Do not be delighted because of praise, and do not be distressed because of blame."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before my soul counseled me, I doubted the worth of my work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I ralize that the trees blossom in Spring and bear fruit in Summer without seeking praise; and they drop their leaves in Autumn and become naked in Winter without fearing blame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...My soul preached to me and taught me much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And your soul has preached and taught as much to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For you and I are one.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(adapted from &lt;strong&gt;Secrets of the Heart. &lt;/strong&gt;Meditations by Kahlil Gibran, II A Counselor or Men, pgs 19-24)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113815824132607093?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113815824132607093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113815824132607093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113815824132607093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113815824132607093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/thoughts-of-counselor.html' title='Thoughts of a Counselor'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113720646015974988</id><published>2006-01-13T16:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-14T00:54:41.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Say "No"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/The%20Lake%20in%20the%20Heart%20(Mystery3)%20by%20Joannis%20antoniadis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/200/The%20Lake%20in%20the%20Heart%20%28Mystery3%29%20by%20Joannis%20antoniadis.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There is a story of a legion of soldiers from Thebes (present day Lurer in Upper Egypt) that is a spectacular example of witnessing to others about the Christian faith. They were known as The Roman Theban Legion because the men were Egyptian Christian Copts who had been recruited from and stationed in Thebias in Upper Egypt. &lt;strong&gt;All 6600 were Martyred&lt;/strong&gt; in the town (known in the Roman times) as "Aguanum", an important communication center in 286 A.D.   &lt;strong&gt;The following is report of why none would survive.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maximian, the second in command to Emperor Diocletian, ordered the Theban Legion (which were quartered in the east) to march to the border of Gaul (France). The legion camped in (present day) Switzerland. There they were to assist him against the rebels of Burgundy. It was the custom of the Romans to move troops from extreme parts of the empire to avoid the problem of Roman-trained soldiers participating in uprisings to free their native lands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[It should be noted here that the Egyptians or the Copts accepted Christianity so very rapidly to the extent that the Romans had to exercise a series of persecutions in an attempt to suppress the growth of a religion which openly defied the divinity of the Emperor. The Roman Edict of 202 A.D. decreed that Christian conversion should be stopped at all costs. The edict of 250 A.D. decreed that every citizen should carry at all times a certificate issued by the local authorities testifying that he had offered sacrifice to the gods. Those who refused to conform were tortured with unprecedented ferocity. Some were beheaded, others were thrown to the lions and others were burnt alive. All were subjected to even innovated veracious torture regardless of age or sex. The Catechetical School of Alexandria was closed by order of the authorities, though its members continued to meet in other secret places. At one time, the number of bishops was restricted by the State to three. The consummation of the age of persecution is considered by the Copts to be during the reign of Emperor Diocletian (284-305). So severe was the mass execution and the savage torture of the Copts that they took the day of DiocIetian's military election as Emperor to mark the beginning of the era of the Coptic martyrs. That very day marked the start of the Coptic Calendar known in the Western world as Anno Martyrum (A.M.) or the year of the Martyrs.]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are conflicting reports as to the timing of the event: there are some reports that state the following happened the night before the attack and others reporting that it took place after the revolt was quelled), the Emperor Maximian issued an order that the whole army should join offering sacrifices for the Roman gods for the success of their mission. The order included killing Christians. Only the Thebian Legion dared to refuse to comply with the orders declaring that they were Christians themselves. The legion withdrew itself, encamped near Aguanum and refused to take part in these rites. The declaration angered Maximian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He stood them in file and had them decimated (i.e. every 10th man killed) hoping to intimidate the rest. The remaining soldiers met together and wrote a letter to him, which then all signed. They wrote:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Great Caesar - we are your soldiers, and at the same time we are God's slaves. We owe you our military service, but our prime allegiance we owe to God. From you we receive our daily wages; from Him our eternal reward. Great Caesar, we cannot obey any order if it turns counter to God's commands. If your orders coincide with God's commands we will certainly obey; if not, 'we ought to obey God rather than man' (Acts 5:29) for our loyalty to Him surpasses all other loyalties. We are not rebels; if we were, we would defend ourselves for we have our weapons. But we prefer to die upright than to live stained. As Christians, we will serve you. But we will not relinquish our faith in our Lord, and this we openly declare. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;This steadfastness of the whole legion infuriated Caesar and he ordered the Roman soldiers to wipe out the whole legion, which they did. Pere Cheneau, the historian, described the event in this way:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thus they were martyred...It was a mighty holocaust; an unparalleled massacre, the plains were drunk with blood and the bodies strewn to the winds. But by being willing to make the supreme sacrifice, the men of the Theban Legion proved that their faithfulness to their Heavenly Lord and King surpassed their valor as soldiers in the army of the temporal ruler.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;(painting by Joannis Santoniadis)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113720646015974988?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113720646015974988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113720646015974988&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113720646015974988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113720646015974988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/just-say-no.html' title='Just Say &quot;No&quot;'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113709918211792595</id><published>2006-01-12T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-12T12:53:07.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The call is to Community&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The impoverished power&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;that sets the soul free in humility&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;to take the vow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;that day after day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;we must take up the basin and the towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;in any ordinary place&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;on any ordinary day.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The parable can Live again&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;when one will kneel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and one will yield&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;our savior/servant&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;must show us how&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;through the will of the water&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the tenderness of the towel.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -- Lyrics by Michael Card&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113709918211792595?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113709918211792595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113709918211792595&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113709918211792595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113709918211792595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/calling.html' title='Calling'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113816031945210447</id><published>2006-01-12T12:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T19:38:39.453-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/025_22A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/025_22A.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Healing Center of Arizona&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113816031945210447?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113816031945210447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113816031945210447&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113816031945210447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113816031945210447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/healing-center-of-arizona.html' title=''/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113705363847159915</id><published>2006-01-12T00:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-12T00:13:58.480-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Meditation</title><content type='html'>Each morning, sit quietly with your eyes closed and let your mind go blank and hold hands with God for just 1/2 hour (30 minutes) or more if you can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meditation gathers all of your scattered thoughts together and allows God within you to shape and mold and heal them for His purpose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113705363847159915?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113705363847159915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113705363847159915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113705363847159915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113705363847159915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/meditation.html' title='Meditation'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113815928942245497</id><published>2006-01-10T19:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T19:28:27.510-08:00</updated><title type='text'>News &amp; Views in Sedona, AZ</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/027_24A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/027_24A.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113815928942245497?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113815928942245497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113815928942245497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113815928942245497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113815928942245497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/news-views-in-sedona-az.html' title='News &amp; Views in Sedona, AZ'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113686490557185620</id><published>2006-01-09T19:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T19:51:54.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Goodness</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:AncientScript;font-size:130%;"&gt;This is what should be done&lt;br /&gt;By those who are skilled in goodness,&lt;br /&gt;And who know the path of peace:&lt;br /&gt;Let them be able and upright,&lt;br /&gt;Straightforward and gentle in speech.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Humble and not conceited,&lt;br /&gt;Contented and easily satisfied.&lt;br /&gt;Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peaceful and calm, &lt;br /&gt;and wise and skillful,&lt;br /&gt;Not proud and demanding in nature.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let them not do the slightest thing&lt;br /&gt;That the wise would later reprove.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wishing: &lt;br /&gt;in gladness and in safety,&lt;br /&gt;May all beings be at ease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whatever living beings there may be;&lt;br /&gt;Whether they are weak or strong, &lt;br /&gt;omitting none,&lt;br /&gt;The great or the mighty, &lt;br /&gt;medium, short or small,&lt;br /&gt;The seen and the unseen,&lt;br /&gt;Those born and to-be-born&lt;br /&gt;May all beings be at ease!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let none deceive another,&lt;br /&gt;Or despise any being in any state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let none through anger or ill-will&lt;br /&gt;Wish harm upon another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even as a mother protects with her life&lt;br /&gt;Her child, her only child,&lt;br /&gt;So with a boundless heart&lt;br /&gt;Should one cherish all living beings;&lt;br /&gt;Radiating kindness over the entire world:&lt;br /&gt;Spreading upward to the skies,&lt;br /&gt;And downward to the depths;&lt;br /&gt;Outward and unbounded,&lt;br /&gt;Freed from hatred and ill-will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether standing or walking, &lt;br /&gt;seated or lying down,&lt;br /&gt;Free from drowsiness,&lt;br /&gt;One should sustain this recollection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is said to be the sublime abiding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By not holding to fixed views,&lt;br /&gt;The pure-hearted one, &lt;br /&gt;having clarity and vision,&lt;br /&gt;Being freed from all sense desires,&lt;br /&gt;Is not born again into this world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     -- from the Metta Sutta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113686490557185620?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113686490557185620/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113686490557185620&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113686490557185620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113686490557185620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2006/01/goodness.html' title='Goodness'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113556440594266423</id><published>2005-12-25T18:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T18:47:39.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Master Teachings from Catherine Ponder</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/TheKingdomofLifeEverlasting%20by%20Joannis%20Antoniadis.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/200/TheKingdomofLifeEverlasting%20by%20Joannis%20Antoniadis.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many people cut off the flow of substance because they think of substance as fixed in form.  Never say that you are on a “fixed” income.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Affirm:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not depend&lt;br /&gt;On persons or conditions&lt;br /&gt;For my supply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God is&lt;br /&gt;The source&lt;br /&gt;Of my supply,&lt;br /&gt;And He is&lt;br /&gt;Constantly opening&lt;br /&gt;New channels of prosperity&lt;br /&gt;To me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am open&lt;br /&gt;And receptive to&lt;br /&gt;My highest good&lt;br /&gt;Right NOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so it is.  Thank you God!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(painting: &lt;em&gt;The Kingdom of Life Everlasting &lt;/em&gt;by Joannis Antoniadis)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113556440594266423?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113556440594266423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113556440594266423&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113556440594266423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113556440594266423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/master-teachings-from-catherine-ponder.html' title='Master Teachings from Catherine Ponder'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113545626024201061</id><published>2005-12-24T12:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T12:31:00.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Love lies in Service</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;Only that which is done,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;Not for fame or for name,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;And&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;Not for appreciation or for thanks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;Is Love’s Service.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113545626024201061?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113545626024201061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113545626024201061&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113545626024201061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113545626024201061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/love-lies-in-service_113545626024201061.html' title='Love lies in Service'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113436068400309825</id><published>2005-12-11T19:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-11T22:54:59.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Metaphysics Matters</title><content type='html'>William Grassie list Metaphysics as #3 of his &lt;em&gt;Ten Reasons for the Constructive Engagement of Science and Religion&lt;/em&gt;.  I am not sure if the positioning was significant in Mr. Grassie's mind as he listed these points.  Being the founder and E.D. of the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science, I would think the position does mean something.  But before I go into what I think it means, here is what he had to say about Metaphysics:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;When we talk about metaphysics, please stay away from that section of the bookstore so labeled, which it seems has become a catch-all category for wild speculation and wishful thinking. &lt;strong&gt;Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality&lt;/strong&gt;, for instance the relationship between mind and matter, animate and inanimate, substance and attribute, fact and value. Contrary to much thinking in the sciences today, &lt;strong&gt;there is no such thing as a metaphysically free way of understanding the world&lt;/strong&gt;. To argue that there is no overarching metaphysical reality, as in the case of postmodernism, or to argue that this reality is mere materialism, reductionistically understood, is itself to assert a metaphysical system. The moment we try to understand how disparate data relate to one another in some kind of coherent or incoherent system, we are engaged in metaphysical speculation. Some interpretations may be more adequate than others, but there are no definitive proofs. While the meta-narratives of metaphysics are currently out of fashion in academics, these are nevertheless the foundations upon which we construct our worldviews and our world-doings. One exciting aspect of the science and religion dialogue is to see how science seems to point beyond itself to something more, something transcendent, although it would be a big leap to necessarily equate this "more" with the God of Abraham, Isaac Jacob, Jesus, and Mohammed, for example, or the Buddha nature in all things. Nevertheless, metaphysics matters. We need a more humble hermeneutics in which we do not use our metaphysical assumptions as a truncheon to truncate open-end conversations.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After that remark of Dr. Grassie's, I will not add much at this moment.  Let what he said sink in and roll around for awhile.  Feel free to visit the site to read the other 9 points:  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/show_article.asp?8539"&gt;10 Reasons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will get to all of them eventually.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113436068400309825?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113436068400309825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113436068400309825&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113436068400309825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113436068400309825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/metaphysics-matters.html' title='Metaphysics Matters'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113428350679252182</id><published>2005-12-10T22:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-10T22:45:06.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Picturing "If"</title><content type='html'>&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/640/collage4.jpg'&gt;&lt;IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/collage4.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113428350679252182?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113428350679252182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113428350679252182&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113428350679252182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113428350679252182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/picturing-if.html' title='Picturing &quot;If&quot;'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113428340527372314</id><published>2005-12-10T22:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T13:09:39.678-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='science'/><title type='text'>If</title><content type='html'>If matter is&lt;br /&gt;Unevolved spirit,&lt;br /&gt;It cannot be said&lt;br /&gt;To be&lt;br /&gt;Non-existent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If spirit is&lt;br /&gt;Evolved matter,&lt;br /&gt;It alone cannot&lt;br /&gt;Be said to be &lt;br /&gt;Expressive of the infinite qualities&lt;br /&gt;Represented by&lt;br /&gt;The word consciousness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each range or spectrum has its spirit-matter polarity, otherwise there could not be manifestation, just as there could not be electrical or magnetic phenomena without their appropriate two poles.&lt;br /&gt;--I M. Oderberg, Mind and Spacetime&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113428340527372314?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113428340527372314/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113428340527372314&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113428340527372314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113428340527372314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/if.html' 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Chancery;font-size:180%;"&gt;Fashion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113415174040783127?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113415174040783127/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113415174040783127&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113415174040783127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113415174040783127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/reference_09.html' title='Reference'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113411725500626277</id><published>2005-12-09T00:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T10:01:42.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beauti-Full</title><content type='html'>&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;A HREF='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/640/ph189026838.jpg'&gt;&lt;IMG SRC='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/ph189026838.jpg' border=0 alt='' style='clear:all;float:left;margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor:hand'&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img 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href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/96/8889/640/ph436700133.0.jpg'&gt;&lt;img border='0' style='border:3px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/96/8889/320/ph436700133.0.jpg'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life has it's Walls - Get Busy Climb!&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'&gt;&lt;img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113399546393800624?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113399546393800624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113399546393800624&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113399546393800624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113399546393800624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/exercise.html' title='Exercise!'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113398522247564614</id><published>2005-12-07T11:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-07T11:53:42.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Aim, I Accomplish</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;I aim to do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;only that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;which is constructive and life-giving&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;therefore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;I know &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;that everything I do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;is prospered. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;Everything I touch &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;is quickened &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;into a newness &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;of life and action. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;Every constructive purpose &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;in my life &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;is fulfilled.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;I rightly accomplish &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;and prosper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;as I persistently &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;keep my desires in accord &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;with God’s nature.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;I think affirmatively, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;in all my prayers &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;I accept abundance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;Whatever I need, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;whenever I need it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;wherever I need it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;for as long as I need it, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;will always be at hand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Bandstand;font-size:130%;"&gt;And so it is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113398522247564614?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113398522247564614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113398522247564614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113398522247564614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113398522247564614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-aim-i-accomplish.html' title='I Aim, I Accomplish'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113391977306950945</id><published>2005-12-06T17:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-06T17:49:33.836-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Miracles</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/1600/3%20Steps%20-%201%20Bow%20for%20Peace%20%28best%29.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4335/1371/320/3%20Steps%20-%201%20Bow%20for%20Peace%20%28best%29.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every &lt;br /&gt;truly great accomplishment &lt;br /&gt;is &lt;br /&gt;at first &lt;br /&gt;impossible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;(photo:  3 Steps 1 Bow for Peace at www.urbandharma.org)&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19584682-113391977306950945?l=intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/feeds/113391977306950945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19584682&amp;postID=113391977306950945&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113391977306950945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19584682/posts/default/113391977306950945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlcongressofwomenministry.blogspot.com/2005/12/miracles.html' title='Miracles'/><author><name>Ihoha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11482974908363485266</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jXM8mdD_mAg/S0thl1LdkcI/AAAAAAAAYLA/2_3nBdsnX3k/S220/ph-122201.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19584682.post-113381759177297341</id><published>2005-12-05T13:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-17T21:14:59.963-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Like Breath</title><content type='html'>While in Kenya this summer, I instituted two Women's Wisdom Circles for which I am now responsible. You assistance is greatly needed. Those who support women's issues (especially as relates to self-sufficiency) are requested to respond to this post to assist me and become monthly tithers/sponsors. Give and much will be given unto you. Thank you. 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