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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece I said I would be back

Overall impression of piece: You investigate things here. Life should astound us.

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well No errors

What I liked?*Smile* Like the internal rhyme of position and disposition. Something out of your disposition touched you... angels. For Marriage encounter, a couples journey together Encounter means (in Spanish) surpise discovery

Points to Ponder:*Idea* We are a product of everywhere we have been. Hopefully there is some sort of directional beacon, but it is pretty rare. Christianity talks about learning to be content. These guys had rough lives. Shipwrecked and bitten by a snake on the same day

How the piece made me feel: May you have an abundance of surprise discoveries. I see it in this piece

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Peace and beauty in freefall
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Review of The Defiant Self  
Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Some interesting imagery. Part of the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece How do I fit into the void? You can see from my site, I might have a minority view

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well No errors

What I liked?*Smile* This has some real big thoughts in it. I think the existentialists would say, "I think; therefore I am. This has a lot of thought

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Promethesus stole fire. I am not sure of your role in all this. Can you steal creativity? Most wouldn't know what a demiurge would be. (I looked it up) Maybe it is better to tell it in images. It did make an interesting rhyme

How the piece made me feel There is a tide to the universe. Dark matter is everywhere and nobody knows what it does

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Review of Existence  
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: Questions are a part of our existence. Often so are answers. Often, so is depression

Grammatical and spelling errors No obvious errors

What I liked?*Smile* You are very right on from a left brained point of view. We do live in a depressive age.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Why do anything? Interesting but I think that means death if not now after a number of years you should have been dead.

How the piece made me feel Existence is determined, not by the mind but the inside out. A hydrogen atom has more frequencies that a grand piano. Nobody knows them because they don't look. Love is a frequency that keeps the world going. You have a well developed logical side. It is concise and well written. I went through several religions in college and still struggle with this thing you call existence.

Fill out your bio block. It really helps us as reviewers to know something of who you are.

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece We should all dream of being pathetic old men

Overall impression of piece. This goes through much of human history. Young think that they can change things so they riot in the streets.

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well

What I liked?*Smile* With aging comes wisdom. It is mention in scripture. You have universal ideas here. "Do not go quietly into that goodnight (oNeil?) This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but with a whimper.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Maybe we should all be pathetic? We make pathetic a bad thing. Is it?

How the piece made me feel This was a pleasure to read and think about.

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Review of You Again  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece I saw this in prose. I see you are a newbie and this is your first piece (without reviews)

Overall impression of piece Any time you describe an event, you think, "You had to be there. Obviously you were.

Grammatical and spelling errors No overt errors.

What I liked?*Smile* Rolling margins kind of fit the prose style. It is odd to me but this is verging on poetry so is acceptable

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Who is this? Not many adults wear beanies so I would guess a child. Maybe some more descriptors to bring it home a little

How the piece made me feel Is love mythical. I think it is. It is definitely spiritual

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Rated: E | (3.5)
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Why I chose this piece Older spiritual newsletter.

Overall impression of piece: This is unique. I guess I have never had the metaphor expressed like this

Grammatical and spelling errors Reads ok. No errors

What I liked?*Smile* In some ways I can see it

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Perhaps a bit over the top. Umb. It is hard to identify with. In the desert where I live, nobody has one.rella as a religious symbol doesn't easily make the transition

How the piece made me feel The spear is important and so is faith. No blood. No redemption

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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Part of a spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: These are thoughts I too have been wrestling with. Obviously, this is not "It."

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well

What I liked?*Smile*This is a pretty well thought out piece on a dominant thought of scripture. There is a longing there.. I feel it too.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* What does home feel like. People need to know. We know the signposts for home: Jesus Christ(I Cor 15:57) Read the Message translation of this. It gives the particulars for left brain people

How the piece made me feel. I finished reading a book called, The Island Within. It is about an Indian Hunter and how he did his thing; The author isn't Indian. He is an anthropologist. Very entertaining and graphic. May we all study the right things

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: I kind of get this. I think the violin can be the most passionate of instruments. Would God's voice sound like a violin?

Grammatical and spelling errors Either who reigns or whose reign is forever and ever

What I liked?*Smile* You have some eternity in your words and are to be admired. In Rev 8, it discibes our prayers like incense before the alter.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Be more specific, Give us a little more to hold on to

How the piece made me feel Can the eternal momment be on Earth. Perhaps it can. Revelations 8 talks about our prayers

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Review of By Our Example  
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece This is a requested review,I love devotionals. I write a lot of them

Overall impression of piece

Grammatical and spelling errors No errors

What I liked?*Smile* I like that you put not only the address but the translation. There are very many and would astound you. I love the point that we are here to love others. It is the language of the Kingdom. It may take a long time until they get it.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Can you share life? Interesting thought. Jesus shared life with His disciples but almost never preached at them. They would pick things up just by being around Him. Follow me is His only command.

How do you translate this? The world has no idea. I see it this way and the Bible echos this. I think the best way is to find a way to live life with them

Probably put a word count on these. If you are submitting they are very stringent. They even have their format.

How the piece made me feel I think our message is follow me as I follow Christ. The why's are a big part of this

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Review of My Prayer  
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Your response that you write for other believers
blessed my heart
Overall impression of piece: This is obviously an open and honest prayer. We are told to keep our eyes on God's Kingdom and what it means to live there

Grammatical and spelling errors: Seems ok

What I liked?*Smile* Biblically, you are right on. Do I believe this honest and unpretentious? Yes

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Is a prayer the way to change someone's world view. I am not sure. I don't believe that most Christians know this, the most basic of doctrines. They might need some scripture to nudge them the right way

How the piece made me feel Maybe a case report (with no names) where this happened. I bet we have all done this. You know your word

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter.

Overall impression of piece I have had some of the same behaviors and thoughts. I have written some of them

Grammatical and spelling errors: No errors. Reads well

What I liked?*Smile* This is personal and very easy to identify with. I would be embarassed how many of the SG-1 series I watched. Maybe I want to be brave too.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* This is centering around light, but you never really develop the idea. We can find rest almost anywhere. Maybe vacation is easier.

How the piece made me feel Rest is a promise from God. It was the whole purpose of Sabbath

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Review of Destination  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: I am impressed by your way of looking at the world. I can imagine a world where everyone is motivated. It would be quite different

Grammatical and spelling errors Sufferation I thought not a word. I was wrong. It is kind of obscure

What I liked?*Smile* I like your attitude. I can do many things, if I put my mind and heart to them. I like introducing meditation. I do think it is key. I like all the I's.

Points to Ponder:*Idea*

How the piece made me feel I did buy this. Thanks for writing

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Part of a spiritual newsletter.

Overall impression of piece: You have hit on a thorny topic. We can do much more than we realize

Grammatical and spelling errors Simple numbers generally spelled out

What I liked?*Smile* Are we our brother's keeper? Your argument comes out of your own experience, which is powerful. You are a good observer of human nature. We really are like that.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* I s most of our money going to social problems? I would think probably medicare and military. Do we pay people to be poor? If they are desperate enough, would they work? The best help is person-to person, but I am not sure if we can be bothered

How the piece made me feel
We want to have people who do the right thing. There are consequences of doing the wrong thing

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Review of Trusting God  
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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter.

Overall impression of piece: Who hasn't gone through something like this as a believer?

Grammatical and spelling errors Have an or statement in paragraph 3 and then tag on another clause. Or kind of means two. Maybe a semicolon there--not a comma. Quotes start with a cap ok in Ok...

What I liked?*Smile* Conclusion of not asking why is probably warrented. We have things to do. We should do them--not necessarily understand them

Points to Ponder:*Idea* No major thematic issues

How the piece made me feel There is truth here.

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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Interesting. I have a medical background, even if it is Pathology.

Overall impression of piece There is a lot of life you do understand. You seem to know older people and medical pretty well

Grammatical and spelling errors it's as a possessive no apostrophe.

What I liked?*Smile*This has a lot of personal interest type things. It is hard not to identify with

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Doesn't make it as a horror story. It has more of the tenor of James Herriot, the Scottish veternarian

How the piece made me feel. This brought back memories. I spent time as a Navy corpsman

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Review of Original Sin  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Part of the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: I get this is a rebuttal type of piece. It sertainly is a prevalent thought in faith today

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well. No errors

What I liked?*Smile* This does seem like a conversation, even with the poetic things of rhythm and rhyme

Points to Ponder:*Idea*. I guess I need an answer. God delighted in us. He wants us back, even after the garden. We do have roots in Judiasm. But with Jesus, we went beyond that. Sin doesn't corral the herd. Far from it. Look at us. There is no such thing as Godly rioting and pillaging

How the piece made me feel Love is what God is about. He wants us back--imperfections and all. Love works everything out

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Looking through philosophy

Overall impression of piece I like to think. How can we say we don't have enough of what we can't define?

Grammatical and spelling errors Reads well No errors

What I liked?*Smile* You had time for just about all the times. We are so complex. Maybe it was easier when we were just patching up wheels

Points to Ponder:*Idea* You had so much in terms of time, you missed relative time--like Einstein. This is a lot to take in and perhaps there wasn't a grand purpose here.

How the piece made me feel Maybe I am out of time, if I can define it.

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Why I chose this piece It may be hard to do justice to such a big thing as nature in a short little piece

Overall impression of piece: We are part of God's creation too. We like to think we are not , but, according to creation, we were one day. We all had a spot and something to do and be.

Grammatical and spelling errors Seems ok

What I liked?*Smile* You have focused on many things given a reasonable and credible overall picture

Points to Ponder:*Idea*: Most of what you have said has been written of many times before. You have a lot of cliches in here like point of no return. Glacier National Park has no glaciers.

How the piece made me feel If we paved everything, why would we suffer. I believe we would. Reader needs to feel the story too

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Rated: 13+ | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece What a cool piece. I grew u p in the life sciences and have had most of my jobs here

Overall impression of piece: We are a massive construction and deconstruction operation. It is true.

Grammatical and spelling errors: Seems ok

What I liked?*Smile* You have more than a basic understanding of what is going on. Our little cells are a wonder. Malignant cells would be like the thugs in the neighborhood/ They want a piece of the actionand our a mob for hire. Love the picture you included.

Points to Ponder:*Idea* WE have a microscopists view of what really is happening. We can see things on so many levels

How the piece made me feel This is fun and enjoyable

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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Return of review

Overall impression of piece: Obviously, this had an impact. The sixth sense movie coveyed the fact of, "I see dead people. "

Grammatical and spelling errors: Seems ok

What I liked?*Smile* You really do see dead people. I am hopeful it is not too often. You have a good insight that this life is not all there is. Thank God!

Points to Ponder:*Idea* ESP is more like perceiving things like cards. This could be a spiritual intervention. We are not as separate from Heaven as we think. I think I need more of what the experience meant to you

How the piece made me feel This is a spiritual poem. It is always bigger than us.

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece Have a military background andkind of get this. I needed a job and took up military for a time.

Overall impression of piece: Thse people have been around for a long time. Inoticed you photo is probably World War I (by the helmets) although sometimes they trot out the old ones

Grammatical and spelling errors Reads well no errors

What I liked?*Smile* This is probably morepertinent then you think. Everyone is not John Wayne.Givbving up our individuality for the sense of the unit is not natural

Points to Ponder:*Idea* Why is this one here? Don't really know. Many were drafted.

How the piece made me feel Peace broke out in 1914 where everyone decided they would celebrate Christmas. They had to be ordered to fire upone the enemy

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Rated: E | (4.0)
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Why I chose this piece I am an environmentalist from way back. I used to write a column in our paper.. We have a sea of plastic floating in the Pacific about the size of New Jersey

Overall impression of piece Definitely a pertinent piece

Grammatical and spelling errors: No errors

What I liked?*Smile* This is a big problems that deserves focus and attention

Points to Ponder:*Idea* People need encouragement when they are doing the right thing. Our cafeteria has no straws and then you can buy one for a nickel. It is paper. They are going to take some heat for this. Seattle has done away with free bags for anything. Know where those pesky plastic bags can be recycled

How the piece made me feel This is a world based problem. It needs attention and all the facts you can throw at it.

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Review of Spilled Coffee  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece Part of our raid protocol

Overall impression of piece> I am a dedicated Christian and have been married for 47 years. We have had hard times but bothof us expanded by God to get through it

Grammatical and spelling errors No obvious errors

What I liked?*Smile* This seemed almost real, It is listed as fiction. Could it be more? You havean enormous amount of detail in here. I amnot sure if the reader needs to know all of that. It is pretty long

Points to Ponder:*Idea* 2 cor 7 talks of divorce and remarriage. It is complicated. The worlds way and ours are different. Judaism says it is legal

How the piece made me feel God does work by happenstance. Mywife watched me long before Inoticed her

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Review of Whispers  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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Why I chose this piece You had a piece in the spiritual newsletter and this also caught my eye. I have taught Revelations before

Overall impression of piece You know your book well. this is really how it is. I don't think many understand that.

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well. No errors

What I liked?*Smile*> It is all here. There is the antichrist or prophet of the antichrist. He will be convincing

Points to Ponder:*Idea*: I am afraid people are so far off this vision that they need convincing to read it for themselves. Maybe they need to be put into the story. I am not sure if the wind is whispering at this point. "He's coming!" There will be no doubt.

How the piece made me feel Your writing is interesting. Put something in your bio. It helps us reviewers to know to whom we speak. Obviously, well versed in such things

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Rated: E | (3.5)
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Why I chose this piece Interesting piece. I saw this in the spiritual newsletter

Overall impression of piece: What is it we wish we could have done? Unfortunately, when you are dying, your thoughts kind of go elsewhere. (Not that I have experience in such matters.

Grammatical and spelling errors: Reads well. No errors

What I liked?*Smile* It has a rhythm and a rhyme to it. It does not appear contrived and forced. People who may offend seems a little Shakespearean,

Points to Ponder:*Idea* I think our entire life can be a slow death. I am older; I know somethings

How the piece made me feel Introspection perhaps is more for the living then the near dying

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Peace and beauty in freefall
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