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Lesson Topics 2004-2006

Discerning Our Inner Terrorists
Am I Mugging my Own Soul?
  • Living a lifelong existence of putting myself down and/or allowing others to do it
  • Changing to please others
  • Mistrusting my own perception
  • Feeling as if I am to blame
  • Hoping things will change

    Moving from Soul Mugging to Soul Building…

    The Red Shoes
    Living a Life Out of Balance - Identifying Traps Along the Way
  • Loss of inner vitality
  • Conforming to the expectations of others
  • Perfectionism
  • Chronic negative thinking
  • Soul Famine
  • Other traps

    Building a Cathedral Within
    Reclaiming My Soul and Creativity
  • Surrounding self with people who love and support me
  • Meditate
  • Daily surrender to the process of listening to the voice of God within
  • Other

    The Power of Now
    Experiencing joy and the abundant life by living in the present

    Traveling the Road to Forgiveness
    Forgiveness Is Not
  • Excusing inappropriate behavior or diminishing the wrongness of the act
  • Removing accountability
  • Exemption from the laws of justice
  • Blinding oneself to the reality that the offender is perfectly capable of doing it again
  • Turning the offender into a close friend or promising mate or trustworthy partner

    Forgiveness Is…

    A Fresh Look at Real Hope
    Hope is Not
  • Exaggerated Aspirations
  • Optimism
  • An Interior Strength Possessed by a Fortunate Few
  • A Wish or Desire to Attain Specific Goals that may enhance one's life

    Real Hope Is…

    Do What You Have the Power to Do
    A study of 6 New Testament Women who choose

    Into a culture ossified with rules, rituals, regulations and laws comes Jesus, disinterested in keeping the status quo or in embracing traditions that bind or dehumanize.

    Responding to His positive, life-affirming attitude and ability to see into the heart, including those of women, these women risk trusting their own inner voices, break with tradition, overcome fear of condemnation, reject other's opinions of them as truth, release toxic shame and choose to act now, be healed now, begin now

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