JohnMaru
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My Tagline:
Searching with eye's wide shut!
My Interests:
Meditation, God, History, Travel, Current events, Health, Depression, Dating
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Without a doubt my favorite and most influential book in my life is The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Who Inspires Me:
Anyone and everyone who has peace and kindess at the center of their heart and soul and conducts themselves first and foremost with those virtues.
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Hopeful
What's your spiritual type?:
Active Spiritual Seeker - I'm spiritual but turned off by organized religion.
About Me
Hello all. I am a 40 year old father of a terrific son who has been spending a great deal of time questioning life, faith and the meaning of both. I guess it could be a mid-life crisis. But, I do not feel it to be a crisis. Rather, I feel my questions are positive and are/will enable me to enjoy life as I have not done in the past. My past is like many - not perfect, full of failures, pain, suffering and a general mis-directed journey. But, at the same time my past has been wonderful and full of very positive experiences and full of many positive messages and people.
So, for the first time in my life I feel I am taking the lead. I acknowledge the messages and lessons taught to me and respect them. But, I want to explore and either verify these or classify them where they belong in my life.
Look forward to meeting good hearted people here.
John M.
The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.
-Rita Mae Brown
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Bible Study Online - May 25, 2008 - 12:14 AM
Hello Group Member, I wanted to send a little letter thanking you for taking the time to join and participate in the Bible Study Online Group. Great News..I found the parallel versions of the bible I promised. We now have a new format to read the bible and compare the translations of the Holy Text. Stop by and see the new format to read the bible. We are using three Versions on one page- God's Word Testament, King James Version, American Standard Version and we will vote on the 4th version to be used. Please share with everyone on the internet the following link to our bible study. We can have visitation online just as well as in person..invite your online friends/family to come and join in at.. Link ... http://community.beliefnet.com/biblestudyonline (copy and paste into your emails) Our Group is starting to read the book of Deuteronomy. It is a great book of Moses conclusion of his 40 year journey and the ending of his leadership of the Isrealites. It is the beginning of the Isrealites life in the Promised Land. We have many great subjects coming from the old testaments. We are learning how to apply the lessons learned of people who lived 2000 years ago to our lives today. The Relevance of the Bible in our lives today. Stop by and make a posting in the discussions boards, post a pic of you or your church members in our group photo gallery, invite your friends to the bible study, add a quote or two to our group journal, but the main thing to do this week is come by and lets share prayer request with one another. Love In Christ, karlaj67