Posted by: the warrioress | November 2, 2011

So funny!

A relative of mine posted this and I just started laughing so hard. I know it’s not Halloween any longer, but this is  cute!  Heh.  I can so relate to this at times; certain people come to mind.. Smiley

Anyway, just being silly. Never be too serious for your own good; it’s what I strive for.  Smiley

Posted by: the warrioress | November 1, 2011

Gossip II – An Accuser of the Brethren

What does an “accuser of the brethren” actually look like these days?  The bible talks about this a lot. Satan was called “the accuser of the brethren” within the bible. Unfortunately, there are people who are following in his footsteps and they are rife all over the internet. Many of them consider themselves good church-going Christians!

This was the primary shocking fact that I came across. I wouldn’t expect good Christians to engage in this kind of behavior. I expect Satan to engage in it, of course, along with those who are “sold out to Satan.”  The last people I would expect for this to be a problem with, however, are those who claim to love Jesus Christ, who claim Christianity. I guess we learn something new everyday within the body of Christ. This is something I would have preferred not to have to discover.      

 
The article, below, is one of the better readings I’ve discovered lately about gossip and what God really thinks about those “accusers of the brethren.”
 
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Gossip: An Unruly Evil Full Of Deadly Poison

1. UNRULY EVIL … FULL OF DEADLY POISON
See how the father of lies gathers ready allies who go around spreading “information” with their tongues. James calls the tongue “an unruly evil, full of deadly poison” (Jas 3:8). Further “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work” (Jas 3:16).

This week we are blessed with a timely article on “Gossip” by Pastor Prabhudas Koshy to shed the light of God’s Word on the current spate of backbiting and evil speaking, sowing discord in Calvary. God spare His people. My request: if you love God, stop. Keep praying and have no part in gossip – whether listening or spreading.

2. Gossip, A Terrible Spiritual Malady
Prabhudas Koshy
A Grim Picture: Gossipers Among the Reprobates

“Whisperers,” people who engage in malicious gossips, are grouped in the Bible together with the reprobates. In Romans 1:28-32, the Apostle Paul paints a grim picture of reprobates – those who have rejected the Lord and have embraced a lifestyle of sin. “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.”

In this list of abominable evils of reprobate men, we not only find what we normally regard as gross sins: greed, deceit, adultery, murder and so forth but also what many sometimes view as a “small problem,” namely, gossip and slander. Does this come as a surprise? Paul said that gossips and bad-mouthers were in the same league as God-haters, sexual perverts and murderers.

The commonly used term “gossip” is derived from a word with the idea of “whispering.” It means “to indulge in idle talk or rumours about others, or spreading of sensational stories.” It can also mean “idle or malicious talk about others.” In the Bible, “backbiter” and “slanderer” are from the same word from which the word “Devil” originates. A slanderer is one who defames, or talks maliciously, or spreads damaging information, or speaks ill of others. Slander is the work of the Devil. In fact, the Bible says that Satan is the “accuser of our brethren” (Revelation 12:10). If you are a whisperer or accuser of the brethren, even though unintentionally, you are an agent of the Devil! Those who slander are on his team!

As we can see, gossip is a close cousin of slander. God’s Word places both in the same cupboard as murder and other wickedness – sins worthy of death. According to the Scripture, anyone whose mouth is out of control does not have a right relationship with God. “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain” (James 1:26).

As a Christian, do you occasionally slip up and commit a murder here and there? Or do you occasionally burglarise a home or steal things from the store? You may think this is silly to ask. Of course, a Christian does not behave that way. Then, just as we are not to commit murder or theft, we are also not to gossip or slander. According to Romans 1:28-32, gossip is as worthy of divine judgment as murder.

Like Paul, the Apostle Peter brings to our attention a sin that often goes hand in hand with the sin of “gossip.” “But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters” (1 Peter 4:15). Notice that a “busybody” is placed in the same company as “murderers, thieves and evildoers.” A busybody is a meddler, a person who seeks confidential information about others, a snoop and a nosy person.

A busybody is another close relative of the gossiper – a person who meddles with the affairs of others. He is like a peeping-tom who snoops and spies. A busybody is the investigator for gossipers and rumour-mongers, seeking to uncover sensational details and to whisper the latest news. Sometimes busybodies are persons who have too much time on their hands, with nothing better to do than to talk about matters of others. “And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not” (1 Timothy 5:13). The modern explosion of communication technology, such as telephones, e-mails, etc., has made this evil even more frequent and intense!

Not A Little Bad Habit, But A Smoking Firewood!
By now you are aware that anything which is placed in the same category as murder and other gross sins must be a serious sin – something that should not be taken lightly. But unfortunately, Christians do not usually consider gossip and its related activities as sin. In a decade of pastoral ministry, I have encountered Christians who live like they are obsessed busybodies, whisperers and bad-mouthers. Such people cause irreparable damage to the body of Christ. “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly” (Proverbs 26:22). Mean, vicious accusations and rumours have ripped out the heart and soul of many fellow Christians and leaders, draining them of their love, enthusiasm and desire to live for God. They have split churches, created strife, and promoted division and turmoil.

A church can be free from wild and destructive strife only when its members carefully avoid any conversation which is gossip or slander, and also cease from being busybodies. “Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth” (Proverbs 26:20).

A Serious and Subtle Sin
This serious malady is a very subtle and ambiguous one. We must learn to differentiate a constructive and good conversation from gossip; otherwise it would be most unfortunate. For instance, a discussion between two church leaders about a problem concerning a church member should not be considered gossip, especially, when they discuss the issue for corrective purpose. But they must take special care not to spread the “news” to others under the pretext of “concern.”

If a person continues to indulge in destructive sins or to teach harmful doctrines, even after he has been lovingly warned, it may become necessary for him to be exposed for the good of everyone else. The Bible does not categorise the act of exposing unrepentant characters as gossip. Paul, who warned against gossip, exposed publicly several ungodly characters in the church — “Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works” (2 Timothy 4:14). Another time he wrote, “And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some” (2 Timothy 2:17).

A gossip occurs when negative “information” is given about someone who is not present in that conversation. Whenever one speaks of another person in less than a favourable way or in a manner that is fault-finding, slandering, or finger-pointing, he engages in gossip. It is generally a negative conversation, which focuses on nothing good or constructive, only bad feelings about the person discussed.

Many a time gossips begin like this — “I hate to say anything about this to you, but I’m ‘concerned’ about so and so.” At other times, the gossipers will seek you out as their “confidantes” to unload their “heavy hearts” about their concerns. “I’m very troubled about so and so and I don’t know who else I can share this with.”

In reality, the gossiper is not sincerely concerned about solving the problem, only in talking about it, or stirring up a conversation about someone’s weakness. “A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends” (Proverbs 16:28). A sound conversation should always be directed towards solving a problem rather than aggravating a problem, though in certain circumstances a good solution may not be achieved quickly.

Any person who is genuinely concerned about solving a problem should go and confront the person privately and express his concern. Or else he should go privately to the pastor in order to seek his help to deal with and settle the problem. In all these, we must keep a loving spirit which is willing to forgive one another, esteem one another, restore and renew the brotherly relationship.

Gossip thrives on the negative, the controversial and the sensational. Going around and telling others about someone else’s fault or problem, before or during the efforts to solve the problem, is harmful and does not help to resolve the problem. It will only cause us to gossip further and to sin.

Things to Remember About Gossip
* Unrepentant and persistent habit of gossip is a clear sign of the unregenerate spirit of a man. He faces the same consequence as a murderer unless there is repentance (Romans 1:32). God holds you accountable to your words (Matthew 12:36-37).
* The person who gossips to you about others, also gossips to others about you.
* Gossip and slander disqualify a person from spiritual leadership (1 Timothy 3:11; James 3:2).
* Gossip often masks itself as pretentious concerns for others.
* Gossip often thrives upon secrecy. Where secrecy is removed, gossip is hampered.
* Gossip always contributes to a problem and never to a solution.
* Gossip always distorts and exaggerates, and is never a reliable source of truth.
* Those who gossip and slander are not in right fellowship with God (Romans 1:28-32). Those who gossip will rarely get answers to prayer, and often face persistent, unexplainable problems (Psalms 66:18; Proverbs 21:23; Proverbs 6:12-15).

What to do about Gossip
Though the sin of gossip is subtle, it must be recognised, acknowledged and confessed as sin. Then we must seek the Lord’s forgiveness. Repent by surrendering our tongue to Christ. And never gossip or bad-mouth again (1 John 1:9; 2 Corinthians 7:10).

If you can’t say something good or encouraging about others, then keep your mouth shut (Ephesians 4:29). If you find any error in a person, tell him to his face with an intent to help. If he listens to your advice, let that matter be forgiven and forgotten. Criticism can never be “constructive” if it is expressed to anyone else other than the one who is being criticised. If your “friends” start bad-mouthing others to you, stop them in their tracks. Refuse to be a partaker of their sin. Avoid association with people who gossip. “He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips” (Proverbs 20:19). It is better that you suggest to the person who brings juicy or even provocative news that he should discuss the matter with the “accused” person before he takes it seriously.

If all of us do this, we can avoid breaking long-term friendships or creating unnecessary strife. Many long-term friends and co-workers have been separated by talebearers. Don’t trust a gossiper at all, he will betray you later – “A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter” (Proverbs 11:13).

Expose gossip, a work of darkness, by reporting it to the pastor or elder that they may confront and offer correction. Gossip should be treated as any other vile sin. “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11).

May we all resolve within our hearts like the Psalmist, “I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me” (Psalm 39:1).

3. The LORD bless all readers.

Lovingly in the Lord
Dr SH Tow, Senior Pastor

Amen!

Gossip

Posted by: the warrioress | October 31, 2011

Psychiatric Pumpkin Patch

PSYCHOPATHIC PUMPKIN 

 

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS PUMPKIN

I Want To Eat It

CANIBALISTIC  PUMPKIN 

Funny Pumpkin

MENOPAUSAL PUMPKIN

and last but not least… 

EMO PUMPKIN

Emo-Pumpkin. .

Posted by: the warrioress | October 30, 2011

Our Sinful Pasts ll

There are probably a lot of Christians, like myself, who experienced salvation and found what ensued thereafter to be a lengthy, ongoing journey. It wasn’t as if sainthood descended and I became like Jesus Christ and His apostles overnight; in fact, I still have an immensely long way to go to be like Christ, imo. 

As I ponder it, I don’t think even Christ’s own disciples were saints all of the time. They had their own life journeys to travel while they learned along the way. I wonder how often they sinned from the time they met Christ to when He was crucified and taken from them. Even after He went to the right hand of the Father, I still don’t see the apostles as perfect saints without sin. 

I think we grow in holiness and desire to please God as we walk this Christian journey. It’s a learning and developing life experience. Change happens along the way.  I think there is no possible way that sin wouldn’t happen and that even the most self righteous Christian sins, despite himself.

We’re all going to sin because sin is part of our human nature. We make dreadful mistakes and this is a part of life, even for Christians. So wherever we are in our lives at this point, we can look backward even a year or two ago and find where we have sinned and displeased God. If we have remorse for those sins and mistakes we’ve made, and have repented them, I don’t believe that God or Jesus are going to hold our sin against us. The bible tells us that they don’t.

This doesn’t mean that there won’t be worldly consequences for sin due to our poor choices, because consequences come, whether we’re sorry or not; that’s just the way that life is. It’s clear to me, though,  that condemnation comes from holier-than-thou human beings who are arrogant and judgmental, who need to pluck the beam out of their own eyes before judging the splinter in their brother’s. These critical people potentially need to take their own moral inventory.

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” Romans 8:1

There is glorious liberty in the family of God! Our Father does not condemn us for any past sin. All judgment for our sin has passed upon Jesus. As you put your faith in the blood of Jesus, there is a perfect cleansing from all sin.

You are “in Christ” now. God cannot and will not condemn you because of Jesus. You are free from fear. You are liberated from guilt – no matter what you have done or where you have been. Since you made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, there is “NO CONDEMNATION.”

The truth of Romans 8:1 will keep you singing the rest of your life. Think on it. Talk about it. Most of all, act on it. Since you are not condemned, you have no need to condemn others. What a freedom to see others reconciled to God and to tell the Good News!

Boldly Make This Confession of Faith Aloud

I am no longer condemned. I refuse all guilt and shame over past sins and failures. I am free in Jesus for I have received God’s grace.

http://www.howtotouchgod.com/no-condemnation.html

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When others try to brand us over a single failure, or label us by a past sin, we must know who we are in Christ and what kind of future he has scripted over our lives. We must let Christ brand us, not people who point their fingers in accusatory fashion. This takes courage, strength, and a self-dignity that isn’t built on the foundation of our own righteousness, but a solid foundation of who we are because of Jesus’ righteousness. Our personal victories are dependent on our hearing God’s voice and knowing what He thinks about us, not what others speak of us.

  • Have you ever been labeled by someone else?
  • How did that make you feel?
  • Why does it hurt when other people brand us negatively?

Read Romans 8:1

  • What does the word ‘condemnation’ mean?
  • Have you ever seen that written on an old abandoned building? It means to pronounce ‘unfit’ for something. That’s what Satan, the accuser of God’s children (Revelation 12), wants to do to you through other people. He wants to point accusatory fingers at you and brand you as a person unworthy of love and unfit for grace. Where Satan tries to destroy your dignity, Jesus steps in to rescue it

Read John 8:1-11

  • Who brought the woman caught in adultery to Jesus?
  • What were their attitudes?
  • In what ways have you seen religious people condemn others?
  • Jesus stooped on behalf of the condemned woman. In what other areas of Scripture was Jesus prone to stoop? He stooped to wash his disciples’ feet. He stooped to receive the children… a Roman whip… a cross.
  • Does this reflect humility on Jesus’ part?
  • Why was Jesus willing to risk his reputation on such an immoral woman?
  • Has grace ever caused you to risk your reputation for someone else?
  • What do you think Jesus wrote on the ground? Could it have been the sins of these religious accusers to expose them in their judgmentalism? Could it have been a beautiful picture of this woman’s future under grace, love, and restored dignity?
  • Jesus stood between the accused woman and her accusers. That’s precisely what he did for you and me on Calvary’s cross. Will God ask us to do the same at times: standing up for the accused and condemned?
  • Why do you think the oldest accusers dropped their stones first?
  • What did Jesus say to the accused woman after everybody had left?
  • What does it mean to go and sin no more? What new identity has Jesus clothed us with? How can we wear that identity well?

NEXT STEPS: Have you broken free from the condemnation of others? Spend time this week asking God what kind of new identity His grace has clothed you with. Ask Him how you can focus more on that identity than on what others are saying about you. Have you been guilty of pointing your fingers at someone else? Have you branded them because of a moral or spiritual failure in their life? Ask God to give you a more gracious spirit to be a mercy giver rather than a finger pointer.

http://www.faithconnectionchurch.com/next-steps/talk-it-over/55-chattanooga-churches-masquerade-2

Posted by: the warrioress | October 30, 2011

Our Sinful Pasts

I was doing some reading around the net, like I usually do, and my attention was caught by a woman playing busybody and apparently trying to snoop into someone’s past. The gist of what I read was that she had managed to poke around and find something salacious within a Christian’s past, or in other words, she had discovered sin prior to this Christian’s decision to live a godly life.

This woman began to publicly recite a brief litany of this person’s private sins that she had managed to uncover, and was gossiping about and judging the Christian mercilessly.

I was kind of horrified.  Well, I just kept reading, considering deeply as I came to the end of her ramblings. Her vicious judgment and condemnation made me wonder whether we as Christians will be judged for past sin that we’ve put behind us. 

I wondered if we would be condemned for that which we engaged in before we accepted Jesus Christ or began to live as real Christians. I sat there thinking to myself what Jesus thinks about our pasts, and I wondered what God thinks. 

I can certainly remember my own sins because they’ve been many and I’m still no perfect Christian, by any means. It’s challenging if one doesn’t grow up in a Christian household and is older when he or she finds salvation; there can be a lot of sin that occurred before revelation of who Jesus Christ is hits and one renounces the past and everything that went with that former life.  One can get pretty dirty out here in the world, if one is honest and forthright about it. 

As I reviewed just a few of my past sins, I found myself sighing and hoping that the feelings I was experiencing at that moment within my heart were the correct ones. I hoped my instincts were right.

I think we pay consequences for sin from the past and that there’s no way out of dealing with those consequences, but I don’t believe that God or Jesus hold our former sins against us if we’ve repented them and asked for forgiveness for what we’ve done wrong. If we’ve essentially determined to “go and sin no more,” I can’t see our Lord condemning us for past errors that we sincerely regret.

So why would other Christians, in particular, condemn brothers or sisters for their past sin? How wrong is that? It seems really reprehensible to harp on and gossip about anyone’s past and most especially when we know that God or Christ wouldn’t; it’s just hard to understand how people can be so unkind, unforgiving, harsh, and unloving with one another. It really astounds me.

Well, after reading the gossip, I had the overwhelming urge to do a little research on exactly what God has to say about our former lives and past sin, before we’ve come to really know and commit ourselves to Him. I thought I would share some of what I found in part two of this topic. And I realized that I’m glad that I’m going to stand before Holy God, with Jesus Christ by my side, because God and Jesus Christ are a lot more loving, forgiving, and understanding than many people on this earth are – thank goodness.

Posted by: the warrioress | October 28, 2011

Atheist Billboard In Error

Billboard

 Bruce Gleason, founder of Orange County’s Backyard Skeptics stands below the new atheist billboard at 1545 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa featuring a quote from Thomas Jefferson against Christianity but there is no evidence that Jefferson ever said it. 
 
It would appear that the atheists have jumped the gun, which isn’t at all surprising. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve encountered virulent anti-theists’ tossing Thomas Jefferson into my face in order to stress again and again that many of the Founding Fathers were not Christian, that America was never a “Christian nation,” and that Jefferson and other Founding Fathers were Deist and not even close to what Christians claim today as Christianity.
 
I don’t know what the truth is anymore and evidently neither does anyone else. Seems we’re finding out more and more frequently that many of these claims that are put forth as fact are nothing of the kind. 
 
A billboard in Costa Mesa, Calif., is getting some attention, but it’s certainly not the kind its sponsors were hoping for.

The sign, paid for by atheist group Backyard Skeptics, includes a quote about Christianity attributed to Thomas Jefferson. But further research reveals there’s no solid evidence that Jefferson ever uttered or wrote the words, the Orange County Register first reported.

The billboard includes a picture of Jefferson with the quote: “I do not find in Christianity one redeeming feature. It is founded on fables and mythology.”

Experts at the Jefferson Library Collection at Monticello are constantly asked about the quote, the Orange County Register reports. Some say the former president wrote the words in a letter to a Dr. Wood, but officials cannot find trace of any correspondence to a person by that name.

Bruce Gleason, a member of the group, told the Orange County Register that he should have done a bit more research before putting the words on the sign. The billboard was unveiled on Wednesday, the newspaper reports. Gleason explained that purpose of this sign and others around the city was to “expunge the myth that this is a Christian nation,” as well as to “share the idea that you can be good and do good without a religion or god.”

UPDATE: 6:24 p.m. —

Jefferson kept a personal book containing certain verses from the New Testament and the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Los Angeles Times points out. He arranged the snippets into a small “scrapbook,” which left out mentions of the virgin birth, Jesus’ resurrection, and other forms of divinity and miracles. He called it, “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth,” but it later came to be known as the “Jefferson Bible.”

The founding father identified himself as a Christian, despite his questions, the Christian Post explains. Scholars have debated the issue, and some have posited that “without acknowledging Jesus’ divinity and resurrection, Christianity [is] baseless.”

Author Lori Ann Ferrel, who’s written about the “Jefferson Bible,” told the Los Angeles Times that Jefferson “was more skeptical about religion than the other Founding Fathers.”

Retrieved from Huff Post

Posted by: the warrioress | October 26, 2011

The Downward Slide

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Inwardly I remember a hinky feeling that something wasn’t quite right as I read about Californians’ preparing to vote on Proposition Eight, in regard to gay marriage.  I’ve had gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender friends and acquaintances, and have never been what one would term homophobic; still I recoiled from what I saw as the redefinition of marriage, despite the obvious fact that the hetero community has hardly made a hero out of ourselves when it comes to marital statistics.

Initially, I knew my wary feelings had more to do with what was sometimes called “the open door,” also known as “the slippery slope,” than it did with gays seeking to marry — because I took no issue with their desire for civil unions.  I saw nothing wrong with offering them the same or similar rights that heterosexuals enjoy as a result of legal marriage.

I tried to explain my baffling concerns about where marriage was headed to some of the key people in my life, and received sneers and a few accusations that I was acting bigoted and intolerant.  Stating that “if gays were allowed to marry, what would want to marry next?” just got me laughed at, as though such a notion was ridiculous and shouldn’t even come to mind. I cited proof of my concern through countless sources, and continued to receive disdain and denial. Eventually that debate died away like most do, and time passed on, like it always does.

Here we are now, not even a few years later, and the gay agenda is in full swing ahead as they clamor for their civil rights, only I’m hearing exactly what I was afraid of over the dull roar. Gay groups are aligning with the  polygamous, who now also seek their civil rights and want to marry, just as I said that they would when the Prop Eight debate reared its ugly head.

We Three

Now the slippery slope is a reality, and as the polygamous climb up onto the civil rights bandwagon, I wonder if the incestuous, the joining of men and boys (NAMBLA), and the zoophiles will be next. Who are we, after all, to deny anyone or any thing the right to marry? This is just one of the arguments I think we’re going to become very familiar with in the coming months and years ahead. I won’t be surprised if  man and his blow up doll will be next in line to marry, after that. There will be no limit to it, and that was the point I tried to make all along.  

When we do away with Christian morality through the destruction of a standard that has been maintained for years, we are left with the secular, where morality is in flux and particular to the individual. What this means is that there is little morality left because it’s a ‘create your own morals’ kind of world we are are living in. What is created is an “if it feels good, do it” style of relating to life.

The baby boomers have already tried this and experienced some of the backlash of this kind of hedonism and living for the moment.  Why must we travel back there and repeat history on this particular lesson? What is happening to the proud and beautiful America that I used to know and love? How far down will this slippery slope take us? How low can we go?

Ned And Teagan

Posted by: the warrioress | October 26, 2011

New Age Anonymous

NEW AGE ANONYMOUS

 

12 Steps For The Recovering New Ager

New Age Anonymous World Service, Inc.,

PO Box 144,001

Planet Earth

  Contents

THE TWELVE STEPS

Step One

“We admitted we were powerless over the New Age & that our Higher Selves had turned us into flakes.”

Step Two

“Came to believe that a powerful bullshit detector could restore us to sanity.”

Step Three

“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of our lower selves and a good psychiatrist.”

Step Four

“Made a searching and fearless disposal of our crystals, tarot decks, incense, angel cards, rising signs, wands, spells, medicine wheels, pendulums and lottery tickets.”

Step Five

“Admitted to God, our Guru and our seminar leader the exact nature of our delusion.”

Step Six

“Were entirely ready to take back our mind, body and spirit.”

Step Seven

“Humbly asked our Higher Power to fark off.”

Step Eight

“Made a list of all the New Age assholes we’d been nice to and vowed to treat them all like sh*t.”

Step Nine

“Insulted the New Age wherever possible, especially when to do so made us look bad.”

Step Ten

“Continued to take personal inventory and, when we were wrong, promptly relished in it.”

Step Eleven

“Sought through television and newspapers to improve our conscious contact with humanity, concentrating only on our ability to understand what the hell was really happening in the world.”

Step Twelve

“Having avoided a paradigm shift as the result of these steps, we vowed to carry the NAA message to New Agers everywhere and to practice being ordinary in all our affairs.”  

 

Posted by: the warrioress | October 25, 2011

A Frank Chat With You

I just thought I would be frank and open here about what’s been occurring on this blog and at the old site I used to be a member of, Matchdoctor.com.

I have been harassed and pestered, but to put it bluntly, I’m getting tired of writing about it and even taking the time to consider it. The group involved in harassing me  are older adults in their fifties and older, if you can believe that!  They apparently believe this is high school again and I guess it’s a way of regressing back in time in order to relive one’s youth. lol.

I don’t want to keep giving these people time on my blog or in my head anymore though, because it’s what they really do thrive on. They were the same way on the former dating site in pursuing drama, angst, and trolling in order to get a reaction from me.

If you are one of my aquaintances or friends and you have any questions about anything you may hear about me that you question or would like to know more about, please feel free to contact me at BIBLEWARRIORESS@aol.com . I’m not going to be discussing ridiculous rumors or the problems with these folks in the future because I’m moving on and leaving all of that behind; it’s just silly to keep paying it attention.

Thanks! And thank many of you so much for standing by me, reading and commenting on my blog, and for the private messages of support as well.

God bless all of you!

Posted by: the warrioress | October 25, 2011

Who is Kaitlan Rain Randell?

For about ten or more years, up until about a year or so ago,  I ran an incredible creative writing “guild” known as Keepers of the Midnight Blue.  I created a website for it, with help from a web builder here in my city.  I had many members in my guild.  At the height of its glory, KotMB housed over 200 members.

We roleplayed characters that we created together as we engaged in writing ongoing stories about the characters that sprung from our imaginations. We posted our stories on the guild message board/forum that I had built for us. We had people of all ages and creative abilities within our guild, ranging from their seventies to young people of seventeen.

I was very proud of my roleplaying group. To many of them I was a stand in mom of a sorts. They confided in me through out many of their younger years and I knew their parents, families, siblings, children, etc. We had real time events and the guild members actually traveled to me in person a few times a year and wore their character costumes  — and we even played our characters on occasion, kind of like a LARP.

After a close friend of mine in the guild passed away over a year or so ago now and as I’ve gotten older, I lost my desire to run the guild and attempted to turn it over to others to renovate and kind of recreate it.  This didn’t really work out. I suppose that my guild is retired for the time being.  My forum needs work (new drivers) and I am very involved with other things that are consuming my time.

Kaitlan Rain Randell is my pen name for a character whom I created, whom I dearly love, who will always be a part of me.  I have copyrighted her along with everything to do with KotMB. I’ve written thousands of pages of stories about Kaitlan and I will probably continue to do so when the desire arises, as I’m sure it will again someday.

I am planning to try to go back into my notes and memory so I can write a book about her in the future and will hopefully publish it.  Keepers of the Midnight Blue (KotMB) was something extremely special to me, as were the group of people who played the various characters, who became best friends, most of whom I will never forget.

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