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New cells every day
By
Cheryl Petersen
I can relate somewhat to the Buddhist perspective that the mind is non-physical, formless, shapeless, colorless, genderless, and has the capacity to cognize or know. The basic nature of mind is pure, limitless and pervasive. For this mind to also produce sickness doesn’t make sense to me though. Too contradictory for a mind to be…
Spanning the life of CS Lewis
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Cheryl Petersen
A biography of C.S. Lewis, by Alister McGrath, is worth the read. It broadened my sense of C.S. Lewis beyond Narnia and Mere Christianity. Lewis’ life shows the possibilities and limitations of the human mind. He went from an atheistic belief system to defending Christianity. He produced a plethora of material that has since been…
Christ forever near
By
Cheryl Petersen
Christmas traditions have changed over the years in our family. We used to go to the Blue Mountains and cut down a tree to bring home and decorate inside the house. Then, for many years, we had a fake tree. For the last few years, since our children are grown and on their own, we’ve…
Form a circle and move on
By
Cheryl Petersen
This is a story I heard: A tradition within a remote tribe was noticed by a visitor. Whenever someone in the tribe exhibited bad behavior, everyone stopped and formed a circle, sitting the misbehaving individual in the center. A person in the circle started saying good things about the lone individual, in the center of…
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