The Impossible Dream.

To meet a man

With no fear,

No walls to protect,

No image to defend.

With a strong heart,

Open to all.

And a welcoming smile,

Showing goodwill.

To have our love

Requited.

And to know that we're

United.

Heart to heart

And soul to soul.

That love would ever

Make us whole!


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My Heart.

I searched the world,

And searched my soul,

To find what things

Would make me whole.

But nothing bought,

Or thought, or known,

Could fill the void,

Or plug the hole.

Until I learned

That love is all.

And found the things

That make you live

Are not in things

But what you give.

And in the end

I found the start:

Love was found

Within my heart.


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Let Down Your Walls.

                            

All profound truths are simple.

The cause and purpose of life is love.

What stops us from loving is fear.

Fear erects walls around us.

In order to love we must overcome our fears and let down our walls.

We must open our hearts.

And give love.

To everyone.


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White Knight.

Once there was a White Knight

Who rescued men and gays alike.

He saved them from the Evil One

And fought the darkling powers alone.

But mercy and compassion grew

And fed the Great God that he knew.

He saved

Not with a sword  of blood

But rescued with his

Heart of Love.


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Looking For Love.

Dreaming

In the lonely room.

Distracted and disturbed.

Cold, cynical, stressed.

Sold empty promises,

Sterile dreams,

False Gods.

Looking for Love.


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Greek Drama.

Eternal Adonis.

Doyen of Divine Drama.

Object of our Souls' Longing.

And Master of the Heart.

Come now

To our Deepest Calling.

Come down

From Highest Heaven.

From Bliss descending.

And enter the Stage

Of Life's unfolding.

Complete the Circle

Of Perfect Love!


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Satyagraha.

                            

Satyagraha - or holding to the truth - means not deviating from what is true but persisting in what is right despite difficult consequences.

Often we are tempted to alter our approach for the sake of expediency or to manipulate results which are more convenient.

But this is adhering to the falsehood that the end justifies the means.

The end does not justify the means.

The end is the means.

So adhering to the truth no matter what is the correct approach.

And the power of the truth will win in  the end.


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God's Messengers.

                            

When you receive a revelation from God everyone expects you to be in a state of constant blessedness.

The reality, however, is quite different.

Being God's messenger entails opposition from evil forces in the world.

This is especially the case if you are gay because homophobic forces in our society will challenge any contradiction of their condemnation of homosexuals.

And any problems which arise from Satanic attacks are taken as signs of guilt.

The truth, however, is the opposite.

Satanic forces in our rock music and popular culture will attack God's messengers because they are blessed not because of any guilt.

They will make false accusations and induce false perceptions in order to make the blessed look guilty.

This is a constant process which can only be overcome with the Light of Truth.


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Death.

                                        

Shakespeare used the word die to describe sexual orgasm.

This would seem to imply that the orgasm resulted in a spiritual death.

In Romeo and Juliet Romeo says: "Give me my sin again."  As if kissing was a sin.

These ideas indicate a medieval mindset about sex and death.

St. Paul says: "The wages of sin is death."  Romans 16:23 (NRSV)

Modern Satanists have appropriated these ideas in order to magnify the power of Satan.

By imposing the idea that sexual orgasm leads to death to God they take on a power which is not strictly Biblical.

These doctrines were never intended to be implemented in this way.

And you will not find these ideas in Jesus' teachings.

They hark back to Persian mythology with its ideas of dualism.

But the idea that sex leads to a spiritual death is false.

Sex is life itself.

And the pleasure experienced in sex is not sinful.

So we must challenge these lies.

And restore sex to its rightful place.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Life!

No one will perish.

On the Day of Benediction

We will all be forgiven.

And welcomed into

The Love of God.


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Good Gays.

Trans women support March for Our Lives.


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Joy!

When your thoughts are high.

And your heart is open.

When you give love.

And you love God.

Then you experience

Joy!


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Sad World.

When you experience God.

And you lose your fears.

When you open your eyes.

And you hear their cries.

You see a very, very

Sad World.


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Virgin with St. Anne.

The Lamb of God

with his mother

and his grandmother.


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High.

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."

Isaiah 5:9 (NRSV)


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Highway.

Make a Highway

For the Lord!

Flee the Lowlands -

The valleys of corruption,

The vale of lies.

Lift the veil of darkness,

The curtain of hypocrisy.

See the delusions,

The deceptions,

The fear.

Make a Highway

For the Lord

While he is near!


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Gay Church.

                            

With the legalizing of gay marriage in Australia the debate begins about blessing same-sex marriages in Churches.

I am gay.
I am also a member of the Uniting Church in Australia.
I receive communion.
I am on the Church Council.
And I can marry in my church.

My relationship with God is strong.

God accepts and loves me as I am.

I have never experienced condemnation or disapproval from God.

These things exist in the realm of humanity but not in the realm of God.

So I see no obstacle to blessing same-sex marriages in all of God's Churches.


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Respect.

Love

Brings with it

Desire.

But it also

Brings

Respect.


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All Are Equal.

All people are equal, but some people are more equal than others.


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The Religious Left.

                            

Recently we have been hearing the term The Religious Left.

But what is The Religious Left?

It is a term that refers to people who are left-wing politically but still believe in God.

So in fact it is quite a large demographic.

It includes Progressive Christians but it is not confined to church-going people.

It has developed because there are many people who contend that God is not confined to right-wing political thinking.

It includes acceptance and affirmation of gays and lesbians.

The Religious Left has a strong sense of social justice and tends to embrace more liberal and tolerant social attitudes.

We also have a strong commitment to the Gospel of Love.

So when you use the term religious be aware that it does not just refer to right-wing politics.


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How to Live.

                   

Most of us wonder what is the purpose of life.

Most of us ponder how we should live.

After many years of searching, questioning, studying, and experimenting I have come to the conclusion that love is the source and the purpose of life.

The Alpha and the Omega.

The Beginning and the End.

Our experiences will tell us that when love is present we feel O.K. and we are  able to cope with life and we have mostly positive experiences.

When love is absent we feel cold and empty and we cannot cope with the bad experiences that follow.

But it is when we learn to give love that we find the ultimate answer because then love is always present.

Jesus said to love God and love your neighbor.

He even said to love your enemies.

And so we must overcome our fears and give love.

To live with your walls down and your heart open, to give freely to those around you, to let go of your judgements and prejudices, and see each person as a unique individual, and know that everyone is your brother or sister in the Family of Humanity with God Himself as our Father.....

This is how we should live our lives.


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The Flame.

                            

As the institutional Church slowly dies it is up to we who are left - a handful, a dozen - to meet perhaps in private houses for worship and a meal.

There may be no minister, no priest, no hierarchy to govern us.

We must fend for ourselves and do our best with limited resources.

We must share leadership and duties.

In this way we will keep the flame alive until the time when growth begins to come.

But we must not cling to outmoded doctrines and creeds.

We must embrace change and innovation and do our best in our daily lives to reflect the Love of God we experience in worship.

Knowing that the flame is Love.


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Life.

                            

At first all we know is pleasure and pain.

We pursue pleasure and avoid pain.

This leads to burn-out and emptiness.

We begin to search.

We may become aware of evil in our world.

And we set out to battle against evil and defeat it.

At last we realize that this will never work.

It just embroils us in violence.

Finally we look to Jesus.

Jesus said not to battle against evil but to love your enemies and pray for those who abuse you.

This non-violent benevolence leads directly to God.

Love God and love your neighbor, love even your enemies as Jesus taught us.

God punishes no one.

All are forgiven.

And reconciled through Love.


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Less is More.

Blessed are the poor.

Because less is more.


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The Kingdom of God.

                            

The Kingdom of God is a realm where love is the constant reality.

The Kingdom of God is a place where no one is condemned.

The Kingdom of God is a community where understanding replaces indifference.

The Kingdom of God is a nation where fear and prejudice are unknown.

The Kingdom of God is a house where help is always at hand.

The Kingdom of God is a country where compassion and mercy reign.

The Kingdom of God is a society where no one is left behind.

The Kingdom of God is a home where God is always present.

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of Love.


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Body of Life.

                                                 

The body is full of beautiful life.

Far from the negative doctrines of Paul.

Unbinding the false laws of sin and death.

We breathe.
Our hearts beat.
We see.
We move.

Our being is vibrant with energy and love.

We exists in the infinite Waters of Life!


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Death.

                            

Sex and drugs and rock and roll leads to death.

Or so many a rock star will suggest.

But the Satanic determinant of rock music sows death as a spiritual state.

They tell you to sin.

They sell vice.

"For the wages of sin is death."  Romans 6:23 (NRSV)

and "the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil."  Hebrews 2: 14 (NRSV)

This is what they believe.

And once you're dead you'll go to hell.

Or so they believe.

But death is a theological fiction.

We cannot be separated from God.

There is no devil.

And there is no hell.

These are relics of outmoded Dualism.

But the poison and negativity with which they curse you remains.

Rock music feeds the worst aspects of everyone.

It is bad.
It is dark.
It is evil.

So unplug your earphones and throw away your C.D.s.

Rock music is Satanic.


[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Something's Wrong.

                            

You may think that everything should be O.K..

But everyone knows that something has gone drastically wrong.

The world is unjust and unforgiving.

Inequality is extreme.

Religious and ethnic violence is increasing.

Persecution of minorities is rife.

The world is ruled by ratbags and madmen.

Refugees are ignored.

Many die of hunger.

War rages on.

It's not a good report card.

We can do much better.

But while we are all distracted.

While we are all corrupted and controlled.

While we all remain passive.

Nothing will improve.

Evil hidden in our multi-media network corrupts us by stealth.
It distract us and leads us astray.
It hardens our hearts and feeds our fears.

So be discriminating in your viewing.

And your listening.

Take an interest in something outside of yourself.

Then perhaps you may begin to see.


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Mercy and Love.

                            

During the late 1980s the song Show no Mercy inspired violence and evil.

And hate became the norm.

But since the election of Francis I the Pope has been tireless in his recommendation of mercy.

And the campaign for marriage equality in the gay community has unequivocally endorsed love.

These are positive signs of a sea-change in the zeitgeist.

The Spirit of the Age is beginning to manifest.

And the waters of Aquarius have appeared.


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Nice.

                            

Far from being nasty or bad I aspire to being nice, even good.

Rejecting popular buzz words like: wicked, filthy, sin, despicable, korrupt, rogue etc. which derive from covert Satanism in our culture.

I embrace the Light through virtues like: integrity, honesty, truthfulness, charity etc..

And spiritual values like: forgiveness, mercy, compassion, and love.

So, at the risk of being unfashionable, I will persist in being nice.


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Net.

We cast our sacred net of love.


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