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Comment on April 21, 2013, Guest Speaker Ray N., “From Hindu to Inter-Faith Justice Worker” by Nada (that 4th Sunday piano bench warmer at The Gathering)

Nada (that 4th Sunday piano bench warmer at The Gathering) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:47:19 +0000

Really enjoyed your message/talk, Ray! I, too, believe I meet God each day when passing people on the street, i.e., we are all created equally in God’s eyes. I dated a chap from Lahore, Pakistan in my early 20′s (he was getting his PhD at Univ of Cin’ti) who “I think” proposed marriage to me: after inviting him to dinner to celebrate my parent’s wedding anniversary, he asked me, “What do your parents think of me?”, to which I answered, “Well, like I (with emphasis) like you, Idrees.” I (a WASP) was too young for marriage at that time, but occasionally fantasized how our kids might appear. :)

Comment on Gathering History by Steve Van Kuiken

Steve Van Kuiken — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:05:59 +0000

As the founding leader, it’s hard to believe that I was there for the first 6 and 1/2 years! Time flew by.

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Comment on June 19, 2011, “Essential Elements: Water, the Source of Life” by eZAvHuBqYIUa

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Comment on June 3, 2012, “Destination Life: Are We Captains of Our Souls?” by talibah chiku

talibah chiku — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:52:27 +0000

very insightful, well written: simple, very deep in thought and trusting this message will be wide and far. though I’m “universal” — honoring all paths, your piece resonated with me.

Good read. Thanks.

Comment on November 7, 2010, Towards a New Thanksgiving: Native-American Spirituality by leonard ball

leonard ball — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:08:49 +0000

i was in a devastating car accident in 1997 that shoved me to the other side into a reality without touch and was with all thought rushing to a oneness and the secure feeling that all was all right everything is absolutely perfect and progressing on time. i believe we all become one with death and the knowledge we bring from our individual life adds to the oneness and new birth brings this evoulution advancing. personknowledge-death to oneness-birth to advance

Comment on Photo Gallery by (Rev.) John C. Karrer

(Rev.) John C. Karrer — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:09:27 +0000

Checked out this site after seeing pic in Snippets. Looks like the kind of fellowship I would have loved to have served over my active ministry days. Retired form St. John UCC in reading in 2002 and did one summer supply and two interims ending in 2008.
Just might have to attend worship one of these days— I have not exactly been active anywhere after the last interim!
God Bless!
John K.

Comment on January 15, 2012, “An Overlooked New Year’s Resolution: The Power of Forgiveness” by debbie bennett

debbie bennett — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:20:38 +0000

What an incredible way to start off my weekend. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will spend some time today to think about and write down where I need to grow–so that I can experience the incredible power of forgiveness. Thanks.

Comment on December 18, 2011, “A Very Dickens Holiday: The Reason for the Season” by James Spears

James Spears — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:52:05 +0000

Great message! A friend told me about the gathering tonight cause i’m seeking a fellowship of likeminded people. The Gathering is attractive!

Comment on June 5, 2011, “Essential Elements: Air, the Breath of Life” by Nick

Nick — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:09:14 +0000

Religion, i know too little, but it scares me in what truth lies within but with that shell that leaves us empty. Prayer seems to me a way to fill yourselves. It’s almost like a tap, i’m feeling empty so i’ll not use my tap but God’s tap. I don’t have ANY space for another’s water, even if God’s flow is all mighty, that is what i’m receiving anyway through mother nature? why would i have to appeal to a higher power? Hope i can see, hope leaves you with space to fill and i can see how ‘miracles’ could even occur in this framework but can’t we understand that life holds more than we could ever understand and my hope is to take it all in. That is a much bigger drop than one given by ANY amount of faith.
Faith to me seems a blanket keeping in the warm, when i believe that warmth should be the world’s warmth.
What you say about the ripple we must leave in the universe is beautiful and that poem-verse thing at the end is also beautiful.
I hope that once ‘the turn has been made and the prayer done’ one turns back to receive the gifts and doesn’t thank but instead marvells and turns and asks again.
This is where i feel religion is wrong.
I’d love for you to respond and here’s my email nick-ferguson-@hotmail.co.uk if i dont ever return as i stumbled across this most accidentally.