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[twinclash]

snow day today. Very nice, actually. Got to sleep in, woke up and started sifting through artwork for a new porfolio.

Next Friday I am going to a job fair in NYC for independent and private schools, which I am both excited and nervous. Excited, because there are going to be over a hundred schools - nervous, because there are some schools from my

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[twinclash]

I am not taking it literally. Beleive me, I am not running headlong into Christianlalaland.

So funny ...

[badb_catha]

My church is doing a similar workshop, based on a book called The Treasure Principle. My pastor gave a really good sermon on tithing (which I too was always suspicious of) a few weeks ago, and explained it similarly: God doesn't need your money, it's to keep everything flowing--blessings pouring in and then back out. He used two powerful images: that of the Dead Sea, into which the river flows. Nothing leaves, it is never refreshed or renewed, and so it is stagnant. And then the image of holding on. When you are so focused on holding onto your stuff, your fist must be closed. And when it is closed and cannot let go, it also cannot accept anything else. I see it all now as so much more spiritual and philosophical than anything else ... it teaches you to just keep passing life's blessings on and not to get attached to accumulating material wealth here in this world. And if your heart feels resistant to that at first, I see that as a sign that something more is going on inside of you, worth paying attention to. I could go on, but I won't

Re: So funny ...

[twinclash]

Thank you so much for saying that. Please explain to James that I am not crazy. I would love for you guys to check my church out, I think you both would really like it.

Re: So funny ...

[badb_catha]

Sorry bub, your brother thinks I'm crazy too. He seems incapable of differentiating among theists. We're all nuts.