GOD, EVOLUTION, AND A BIT OF SCIENCE

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Hope

Faith, Hope, and Charity, the three divine, sublime virtues of a devout soul.... Hope is the evidence of things unseen, the steadfast love and faithfulness and trust that God is there, or perhaps that name is too tainted and tattered to be used in a reverent way, abused as it has been by so many for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 11, 2006

Getting in Touch with God

Each breath we take is supported and given to us by God. God is the ultimate cause of evolving life, everyday coincidences, the sublime and the mundane. Some very good persons, however, stumble blindly along, their great intelligence and kindness and global sense of responsibility operating at a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Do You Thank God for the Nitrogen in the Air, or only for the Oxygen?

Your interest in religion and spiritual matters emboldens me to suggest the following little scientific investigation. In it you will produce oxygen and place smoldering objects in the oxygen to see what would happen if the atmosphere God has given us is "right" for us. After all, it's only about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 8, 2006

I recently got the following letter from a long-lost classmate. It is a curious confession, and I post it here hoping someone will try to make sense of it and send me a comment about it. TWAINMAN I once wrote a whole Sacred Book myself. I called it The Book of Voka. I did not publish it, but I did... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 6, 2006

Check my "About Me" please!

I always wondered about the Brothers who taught me from second grade through college and an MA. At the time, years ago, religious orders allowed the newcomers to chose and be known by a saint's name, and asked them to give up their secular name, so we did not even know the ethnic background of our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 5, 2006

TWAINMAN'S WEBSITE

Religion and Spirituality are part of my world, maybe the main part, along with family and love, of course, but somehow I was once named to Who's Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis is the publisher), and I've published more in that area than any other, mostly related to science education. If... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 4, 2006

Essential Facts about Prayer

As a kid, I learned the Hail Mary, the "Our Father" (Lord's Prayer), the "Glory Be," and he Apostle's Creed because you needed those to say the Rosary. I also learned the Act of Faith, and all the Latin prayers I needed to memorize in order to be an altar boy. Things were pretty well laid out for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Five Essentials for Spiritual Growth

The idea of "growing" spiritually means "becoming aware" and "swimming out into the middle of God's lifestream of grace and love" that can carry you along and support you through your journey of life. Five essentials: Take these words very seriously: 1. Knock, and it shall be opened. 2. Seek, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 28, 2006

The "Economy of Salvation" vs The Lord's Prayer

I was a LaSallian Christian Brother, and taught in the south and southwest for eight years, had a lot of wonderful friends, taught wonderful students (all boys at the time), and enjoyed more success and recognition than I deserved. Things eventually changed, I left the brothers' community, got on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Something deep inside is moving him. . .

I heard from a gentleman today, a retired Baptist preacher and pastor, and his words made we feel as if I were glowing. I hope to post the lyrics for Day Glow when I learn to put sound to them and post them, if that's possible. Sometimes you just can't express what you feel or want to say in written... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

I call myself Twainman because my grandfather was a train man; also,I prefer to think of myself as a kind of humorous writer. I'm 69, a newlywed (she's 26), and I write for a living in Bangkok, Thailand, at a university. All TWAINMAN posts are (c) 2006 James P Louviere. All rights reserved.

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