Beauty!

Desire!

And overwhelming 

Love!

Engulf us all

When Beauty 

Comes!

The spark 

of our Creators 

Art.

Ignites the Fire

Within

Our Hearts!

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Making A Difference.

We're MAD.

We're Making A Difference.

We seek to make people's lives better.

We seek to bring Light into the darkness.

We seek to bring Love into the emptiness.

We seek to bring goodness and hope.

May God. who is MAD Himself, show us His Light and guide us with His Grace.

Then we may truly Make A Difference.

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Love.

God has only one characteristic and that is Love.*

Any suggestion - Biblical, Traditional, Fundamentalist, or Evangelical - that God is angry, violent, vengeful, punitive, or hateful are wrong.

God is Love.

And as His children we must give love in His name.

Then the world will be transformed.

And we will be happy and peaceful at last.

(*Attributed to Julian of Norwich.)

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Day!

We give thanks,

O Lord, 

For your glorious

Light!

That feeds 

The realm 

Of abundant

Life!

And heralds

The arrival

Of infinite

Love!

We hope. We give.

We love. We pray.

And we bless

The advent

Of your joyous

Day!

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Autumn.

Autumn!

And the northern trees begin to turn.

Our senses are ignited by vibrant colors:

Brilliant red, amber, yellow gold.

As a precursory chill nips the air.

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Principles.

When I mentioned to a Salvation Army Officer whom I met on the tram that I was gay and that the official policy of the Salvation army was that gay people deserved to die.

He said that they had to stick to their principles.

Meaning that the moral principle involved was more important than any mere human being.

This is the exact opposite of God's attitude.

"The Lord looks on the heart."  1 Samuel 16:7 (NRSV)

And Jesus criticized the Pharisees for Legalism.

Which is putting the principle before the person.

[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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Arcadian Days.

Reflecting on a past

Peopled with Stars:

Oscar Wilde, T.E. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, Quentin Crisp.

Christopher Isherwood, Jean Cocteau, Guy Burgess, Tennessee Williams.

Rock Hudson, Lindsay Kemp. David Bowie, Elton John.....

Punting on the river.

Creating beautiful art,

Living with your lover.

These are Arcadian Days.

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