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Rick Perry, Mr. Rogers, and Thank you, God

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Rick Perry, Mr. Rogers, and Thank you, God
Rick Perry, Mr. Rogers, and Thank you, God

“A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood” starring Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers based on the 1998 Esquire expose “Can You Say…Hero?” by Tom Junod offers America a Christianity that Jesus would thank God for. By Eileen Fleming Monday on Fox News Energy Secretary Rick Perry claimed President Trump is “God’s chosen one” and opined, “God…

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Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”

Posted on October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”
Responding to New York Times “We Need to Talk About God”

The weekend’s New York Times featured the opinion piece by author Jonathan Merritt,“We Need to Talk About God” noting some “real-world consequences” when we don’t. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. warned,“the church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It…

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Patriot Poets and USS LIBERTY Remembrance Day 2017

Posted on May 16, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Patriot Poets and USS LIBERTY Remembrance Day 2017
Patriot Poets and USS LIBERTY Remembrance Day 2017

A patriot used to be someone who loved their homeland but did NOT support their government blindly In the era of Trump patriotism has become Nationalism A nationalist blindly follows ‘the leader’ because he lacks his own ability to think and reason By Eileen Fleming The World needs American patriots who will act in the best…

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IMAGINE Heaven as a State of Consciousness

Posted on April 13, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on IMAGINE Heaven as a State of Consciousness

When Jesus talked about The Kingdom of Heaven he was describing A state of being that we now understand as “nondual consciousness” or “unitive consciousness” On 18 April 1975, John Lennon performed IMAGINE for the last time… By Eileen Fleming In Tuesday’s email the Subject: “The Kingdom of Heaven” from Franciscan friar Richard Rohr caught…

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Jesus Christ and 21st Century Political Realities

Posted on April 6, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Jesus Christ and 21st Century Political Realities
Jesus Christ and 21st Century Political Realities

Christ was NOT the last name of Jesus Christ as a word can be offensive, used as an oath or strong expression of disbelief, dismay, awe, disappointment, pain, etc., The Cosmic Christ is The Union of Human and Divine By Eileen Fleming On Thursday, Richard Rohr a Franciscan friar emailed: The Cosmic Christ: The Union of Human and Divine Please do not think me a heretic, but…

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President Trump, THIS AMERICAN and the USS LIBERTY #PussyPower

Posted on January 25, 2017September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on President Trump, THIS AMERICAN and the USS LIBERTY #PussyPower
President Trump, THIS AMERICAN and the USS LIBERTY #PussyPower

Liberty a state of being free Liberty is freedom from arbitrary or despotic control
 “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”-George Orwell By Eileen Fleming It is the best and the worst of times courtesy of Mr. Trump, whom I call The…

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This American The Invigorator and The Resistance #Trump #PussyPower #IsraelWMD #Settlements #FreePalestine

Posted on January 21, 2017June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on This American The Invigorator and The Resistance #Trump #PussyPower #IsraelWMD #Settlements #FreePalestine

This American is a work in progress: The Invigorator is Donald J. Trump The Resistance to The Invigorator is a rapidly growing diverse passionate fired up movement of patriots. A PATRIOT is defined as a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies and detractors. By Eileen Fleming Trump declared…

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Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph

Posted on November 14, 2016January 13, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph
Fundamentalism Evangelical Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Triumph

Fundamentalism is based in fear and intolerance and fundamentalism is an attitude of heart. A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it… The antithesis of fundamentalism is curiosity, which when explored always enlarges ones point of view beyond what one thought they already knew!…

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Shoeless Joe Jackson and Arab American Major League Baseball Players

Posted on October 21, 2016September 25, 2018 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Shoeless Joe Jackson and Arab American Major League Baseball Players
Shoeless Joe Jackson and Arab American Major League Baseball Players

“If you build it, he will come” and “he” is Shoeless Joe Jackson… Most Arabs have no connection to “America’s pastime” but two Arab Americans have played in the major leagues and every Arab can relate to the injustice done unto Shoeless Joe Jackson. Lebanese American Joseph Michael Lahoud was born in 1947 and he…

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Colorado Cannabis, Golden Eagle and USS Liberty Remembrance Day

Posted on September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Colorado Cannabis, Golden Eagle and USS Liberty Remembrance Day
Colorado Cannabis, Golden Eagle and USS Liberty Remembrance Day

In July Colorado pot shops posted record-breaking sales topping $122 million. From Friday the 9th of September through 9/11, this reporter purchased and enjoyed recreational cannabis from Herbal Wellness at 400 West South Boulder Road in Lafayette, Colorado. I learned the staff at Herbal Wellness are busy from 8 AM until 10 PM seven days…

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USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment

Posted on April 10, 2016June 12, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment
USS Liberty, Outfront Media and The First Amendment

The USS Liberty is the most decorated ship in the US Navy for a single action The USS Liberty survivors have been engaged in a raging First Amendment battle ever since that day in infamy when Israel targeted and attacked America’s premier spy ship as it navigated in international waters on 8 June 1967. By…

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Revolution and Pieces of Peace

Posted on January 17, 2016April 29, 2016 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on Revolution and Pieces of Peace
Revolution and Pieces of Peace

“The Revolution starts now, when you rise above your fear and tear the walls round you down.”-Steve Earle By Eileen Fleming “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures” as President John F. Kennedy said. Pieces of Peace include a state of tranquility…

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Christian College to fire professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God

Posted on January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 By Ali Younes No Comments on Christian College to fire professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God
Christian College to fire professor for saying Christians and Muslims worship the same God

Wheaton College to fire professor for support of American Muslims

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Jesus, Muhammad, MLK and We Have a Dream

Posted on December 27, 2015September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 2 Comments on Jesus, Muhammad, MLK and We Have a Dream
Jesus, Muhammad, MLK and We Have a Dream

 “I have a dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was echoed at Saturday’s historic uniting of Christianity and Islam on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial By Eileen Fleming A dream for many materialized on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Christmas Saturday, presented by The American Muslim Institution and the All Dulles…

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War on Christmas, Liberation Theology and Yogi Jesus

Posted on December 1, 2015December 27, 2019 By Eileen Fleming 3 Comments on War on Christmas, Liberation Theology and Yogi Jesus
War on Christmas, Liberation Theology and Yogi Jesus

In support of a war on Christmas of ungodly commercialism, greed and willful ignorance; Liberation Theology and “The Yoga of Jesus” present us with great gifts for the self that could bless all others. By Eileen Fleming On Tuesday from Jerusalem a call for a war on Christmas as celebrated in the west came by…

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IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom

Posted on November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 By Eileen Fleming No Comments on IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom
IMAGINE a Thanksgiving of Real Peace: Paix, Salaam, Shalom

Thanksgiving season took a left to the liver on Friday night in the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. By Eileen Fleming Friday night in France three Islamic State jihadist cells coordinated near simultaneous attacks in bars, a concert hall and soccer stadium in unconscionable acts of revenge for French military action…

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Bad Islamic Books need to be shelved

Posted on June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 By Mike Ghouse 3 Comments on Bad Islamic Books need to be shelved
Bad Islamic Books need to be shelved

Don’t jump to conclusions, it is not the Muslim thing to do. Muslims never had the freedom to speak out, even though freedom of speech is one of the greatest values of Islam. Quran positively asserts on freedom – there is no compulsion, period! In the 1400 years of our history, we did not get…

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Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

Posted on December 29, 2014September 24, 2018 By Eileen Fleming 1 Comment on Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh
Breathing in a new life in 2015 and Exhaling 2014 with a Deep Sigh

By Eileen Fleming The first thing we take in life is a breath and the last thing we give up is a breath. But unlike any other function of the body, breathing relies equally on the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems. In the West, most of us never focus on even one of the 20,000…

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