Category Archives: spirituality

It Wasn’t His Time to Die

Posted on August 11, 2018 by cdsmiller17

A Matter of Faith When 77 cm of rain fell on downtown Toronto on Tuesday this past week, flash flooding caught a couple of co-workers in an elevator. They had gone to the basement of the building where they work … Continue reading →

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Who Fell in the Garden of Eden?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Read it Backwards I had a flash of inspiration yesterday when writing out the above phrase on Messenger: what if we reversed the words? English is a hybrid of other languages and yet it seems to be the standard for … Continue reading →

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Synchronicity in Action

Posted on August 7, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Timing is Everything Let’s set the scene, shall we? My wife and I are seniors in our late 60’s. We have a limited budget as we depend on pensions. We do not have a great deal of disposable income. (But, … Continue reading →

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Hoarding Ideas

Posted on August 6, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Organized Confusion Walking the dogs through our neighbourhood this morning, I passed the house of a man who obviously collects bits and pieces of junk. I thought, as you do, that I’m a collector of worthless trivia, in the hopes … Continue reading →

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Divide

Posted on July 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Have you ever looked, really looked, at the mathematical symbol for ‘divide‘? Taken from above, it appears to be of the heads of two people with an obstacle between them. Wow! I was recently witness to an exchange on a … Continue reading →

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Cornelius the Centurion

Posted on July 14, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Acts 10:3 – The Angel appears to Cornelius the Centurion Blame it on a blind spot, if you will: I had forgotten that the whole chapter of Acts 10 is devoted to Cornelius. This is the same Centurion that is … Continue reading →

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Oh, God!

Posted on July 5, 2018 by cdsmiller17

As King on a Throne This is the classical view of God. He is King over us all. He sits on a throne and dispenses justice for his Chosen People. I like this image, because you cannot actually ‘see’ God: … Continue reading →

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Cathartic: Purified by Fire?

Posted on June 30, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Cathars They never called themselves Cathars: they were Good Men (and women). They had lived their normal lives, raising children and being human, and then they chose a higher calling in their later years. The name Cathar probably came from … Continue reading →

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Time: Now and Again

Posted on June 4, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Now At the junction between yesterday and tomorrow is an ever-present moment: NOW. We tend to ignore this fact, spending most of our time regretting the events of the past and hoping for a better future. But where is it … Continue reading →

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Betty Shine: We All Shine On…

Posted on May 14, 2018 by cdsmiller17

…like the moon and the stars and the sun Three nights ago, I had a dream in which someone wanted to prove what I was really about. He asked me to meet with Betty Shine and pay her £10 for … Continue reading →

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