Mission Statement
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humanity. History has demonstrated this. All people have spiritual needs. In times of material increase, spiritual needs increase. It becomes even more necessary than usual to address the spiritual wants of mankind. Those saying they do not have spiritual needs are to me simply shallow semi-conscious people out of touch with their deeper selves. Often they are the simple ones in a coma of materialism caused by the shock of suddenly increased wealth. Should there be a few who really lack any spiritual needs and not simply out of touch with their deeper instincts and wants, they are much to be pitied as they lack natural human feelings. The service I can do as a minister of faith is to try to define and direct the religious impulses of the normal, healthy humans who have them to the highest conceptions of God. Or I may attempt to put people out of touch with their deeper selves back in touch with their latent spiritual selves, so they may lead more normal and healthier lives including the transcendent feelings of worship, joy in God, faith in the future of humanity, and reverence for God’s Creation in nature and the earth. Yet frankly I do not know exactly what to do with those lacking religious feelings except to pity them and protect them. I see them as a music teacher sees the tone deaf, an artist sees the color blind, a criminologist views the sociopath, or a physician views a child born defective without a kidney. They deserve a compassion and protection we would be callous not to give. I try to accomplish my religious mission by writing and using varying literary strategies: poems or heightened prose, sermons, inspirational writing, biographies, etc. The literary forms are found in the Table Of Contents as you wish. All of us are aware the words and forms are not the important things. The vital thing is the spirit behind the words and forms. If these writings awaken you in any degree, give God the Glory and certainly not myself. If you read something, I pray God send you grace. Amazing Grace.
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