Wicca Essay The Wiccan class is one that I have truly enjoyed. While I am not a practicing Wiccan, I find that I do practice Wicca in many ways. I have enjoyed all the classes, they were very interesting, an easy read that held my interest. The introduction to herbs class as inspired me to learn more about herbs. I
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Spirit Quest Essay by Rev. Timothy Spotswood I found the Spirit Quest course to be very informative and helpful. I have been involved in religious studies for over 30 years and practicing daily meditation for over 20. So when the course starts out with lessons in meditation I decide that since I paid for the course and want to take
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DIVORCE and the CHRISTIAN Prepared by Stanley C. Lawrence Paper Written for The FOUR GOSPELS Course “The Unvarnished Gospels” book was interesting and provided many different perspectives of the Four Gospels of the New Testament, however I tended to disagree with a few of the interpretations of some of the Biblical phrases used, such as, “Kingdom of the skies” and
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Dear Rev. Amy Long, I became a ordained minister with the Universal Life Church, because I believe mortals are called to Christ’s ministry by Christ. Christ does not require a four year degree at a seminary school. Education is always good for the individual, but it is not necessary to preach the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Rev. Linda Francis Essay for completion of the class on the four Gospels. Perhaps the Gospel of John was were my doubts about the “real truth of the Gospels” begin when I was just a girl. I was a writer, an artist and storyteller even at that age and most of all a dreamer and a mystic. There was a
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Spiritualism or Defining Spirituality An essay for a course from Universal Life Church Seminary Rev. Carol Birdwell This course had 19 lessons and covered a great deal of the history of western thought and the development of religion. It was directed toward the minister so that she would know how to respond to people who argue against spirituality as unscientific.
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Defining Spirituality Final Essay Rev. Brendan C. Cook Spirituality. A word that means so much to so many people. Life defining, life changing concepts can be bound up in that one word. But how is it defined? What does it mean? How does one approach understanding the many concepts comprised in that one word? Though many have attempted to do
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The Four Gospels Course Essay of Universal Life Church Seminary Carol Birdwell This course came with a book with it which was sent by mail and titled The Unvarnished Gospels. It is a contemporary (2001) translation from the original Greek, by Andy Gaus. When I began to read this book, I could not stop. I read it straight through without
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Universal Life Church Dear Amy, I truly appreciate your notes of encouragement you e-mail…they are very empowering…. Empowering others has been my life mission. I was a Pentecostal minister around 25 years ago and as I grew in my walk into the spiritual knowing….I left the church. I have been empowering others with the love of God ever since. I
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I really like the definitions for Energy and Power in this text: “Power is energy that is formed by the intentions of the soul. It is Light shaped by the intentions of love and compassion guided by wisdom.” Light is the spirit of God, love and compassion are the nature of God. It then becomes clear that all power originates
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