Archive for January, 2011

Online Ordination

Universal Life Church My reason for becoming Ordained was first to get a better relationship with God by doing something to help.Having faith no matter what happens is sometimes hard and things happen that can pull you away from God.That did happen to me.I realized that God is not the reason some things happen,a lot of it is our wrong
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Why I became ordained

Universal Life Church I was originally ordained in mid-1970′s. I felt it validated me and it also allowed me to openly work with drug addicts and alcoholics. I was born the 8th Great Granddaughter of Sara Pease, Salem Village, 1692 and have been different all my life.  In the mid 70′s I started working with women, who had lost their
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Online Ordination

 Universal Life Church To answer such a question I would have to give you a brief history. So, here it is. I was raised in a eccelectic home of the Christian mentality which means my parents ran the gamut of possibilities. We attended Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witness, Church of Christ, Baptist, Pentacostal, and non denominational. Though prior to that
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Why I became ordained

Universal Life Church At first, I explored the idea through an internet link that advertised the option, as I was curious. I discovered that the idea of being ordained via the internet was both real and legal, so I broached the subject with the she-devil that was my then-wife. She, a faux-Catholic of rather narrow perspective, considered ULC evil, satanic,
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Online Ordination

Why I Became a Universal Life Church Minister No, this is not “true confession,” or any weepy story of redemption. Fed up with the direction that The (formerly Protestant) Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. was taking, I concluded that the fault lay in its professionals — the priests and bishops. If seminary teaching and practice led to the garbage these
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Spirit Quest

Hi Amy, Working towards my Spirit-Quest, Masters in Metaphysics has been a very rewarding journey. I have learned how something as simple as grounding can pull you through just about anything. I lost my daughter to unexpected death a few months ago.  It has really been difficult to deal with many aspects of my life.  However, this course has helped
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Universal Life Church

Universal Life Church The Reason I was ordained.. Is because I felt my calling as a Heinzist Minister, and the ULC seemed to be one of the few churches that were open enough for me to legally practice my Heinzist Tradition. This decision did not come overnight. At the age of 14 is when the Heinzist path was started by
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Religious Philosophy

The Spirituality of Religion  It is not enough to talk about Peace. It is not enough to Pray about Peace. We must go out and make Peace.   In the continuing study of Religious Philosophy many interesting topics and beliefs have been discussed. None have inspired more than the thought of Spirituality in religion. The thought that a human being
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Mystical Christianity

Master of Mystical Christianity Author-Mother Maryesah Karelon Final Essay by: Rev. Mary McGar             From the first page of the first lesson of this course I was extremely intrigued.  I had discarded my strong Christian background years ago and was one of those who threw “the baby out with the bath water”.  I did so because traditional Christianity, along with
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