Archive for January, 2012

Comparative Religion

Comparative Religion By Rev. Cynthia Ewing When I first signed up for this class I was not sure what to expect from it. I had already taken a handful of classes that focused on spiritual development and knew that the class was not going to be the same as these other classes. Boy was I right on that part. There
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Unity in Diversity

By Rev. Chris Beard2004-11-05 Unity in DiversityMerry Meet New Friends, I’ve only recently joined the family of the Universal Life Church. Yet I have long held the belief that people of all spiritual paths, though diverse in personal convictions, could live and work together for the betterment of all life on this our sacred Earth. As we look around our
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Spirit Quest

Coming into the ULC Seminary course, I was full of self pity and felt very disillusioned by life. I was really empty. There were no answers to choose from. This was the last house on the street for me. Although I have always felt that I have had a strong connection to God, I have always had a difficult time
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Funeral Blessing

By ‘Didj Man’2005-01-26 Let the sweetness of the Creator’s breath draw this new born child of the eternal to the everlasting mercies that do beckon one as a Mother whispering to her Babe in the cradle; let my breath cover you and remind you that you are mine and that no thing done under the sun can escape my gentle
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Online Ordination

Hi Everyone, I became a minister because I worked for a cabin rental company where I live and the staff decided they wanted their own minister to do weddings for them…and since I was the only one with any kind of religious background they decided I was the best for the job…this was awhile ago and since then the cabin
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The Four Gospels

The four gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in it’s original Greek text gives the reader a better understanding and chance to interpret the events that took place with the gospels and Christ. With Matthew, one of the ideas that made me stop and think about the wisdom of Christ was when he was with his students in Israel. As
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Comparative Religion

Comparative Religion, Final Essay Rev. Ken Ayotte This is the course that I was most interested in taking. To learn the history of various religions and to see the varying mythologies, connections and similarities between them has been enlightening and fascinating. I truly enjoyed this course. It is amazing how people can ask so many questions that require answers that
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Online Ordination

Ordination Story — Rev. Irene Bozich, Salt Lake City, UT The reason why I became ordained stems from a long, interwoven history. I was born a Latter Day Saint (LDS) as was active most of my life, even though my parents were not very active. I went through a divorce in 1985 and was left to raise four children by
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Comparative Religion

Having been a life-long spiritual seeker and student of religion and philosophy, I was pleased to find that this course was very well researched and offered many additional reference works with which to expand my knowledge even further. The course had much to offer, and from my own personal experience and interest, I will write about an aspect of the
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The Four Gospels

First of all I would like to say that this course was very interesting and thought provoking. To be able to choose just one specific area is going to be difficult but I would like to talk about the book of Mathew. It’s interesting to first note that the gospels are not placed in order in the bible, but rather
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