Immanuel or Emmanuel or Imanu’el (Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל “God [is] with us” consists of two Hebrew words: אֵל (’El, meaning ‘God’) and עִמָּנוּ (ʻImmānū, meaning ‘with us’) God with us, the god of our understanding, the god inside of us, all around us, maker and creator and sustainer of all things, […]
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Sam R. Breedlove, June 22, 1915 – December 24, 2008 Honor, integrity, work ethic. “Very good supper, Mrs. B.” Grace before every meal. I cried that my younger sister was about to marry and at 23 it seemed I never […]
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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. ~ Margaret Thatcher Power I seek fails miserably, makes me unhappy even if I should reach the intended mark. Power bestowed on me by […]
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I can be a living example or a dying example of how the program works. (Voices of Recovery, page 16) Sometimes I’m an eagle, others a grackle. Sometimes my life is marvelous, a magnet for others, a delight for me, wondrous […]
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The esprit de corps we sought in addiction, in all-you-can-eat buffets, in bars, in casinos, claimed to be there, masqueraded as staying there, but lied. It was a farce, a bait-and-switch, a mockery laughing at us from the depths of our […]
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