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2011-12-11T15:32:55+00:00

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Chop Wood, Carry Water & Scoop Ice Cream

Last updated on: December 11, 2011 at 3:32 pm By chrisjohnson

By Bruce Adams I once read a story about a monk who became enlightened. According to the story, there was a young man that was curious about how life changes once one becomes enlightened. In order to get some clarity the young man asked the monk two questions. The first question the young man asked was, before you became enlightened what did you do? The second question he asked was, after you became enlightened what did you do? Without hesitation... Read more

2011-10-04T16:56:56+00:00

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Preview of Coming Attractions – Flavor #3 – Bugs

Last updated on: October 4, 2011 at 4:56 pm By chrisjohnson

Good day to you all. We’re so pleased you’ve found us at our new home on Patheos. Way back when, that is to say in the 1990s, Bruce Adams, our main character and proprietor of Daddy Dee’s Ice Cream parlor in Fort Myers, Florida, had a number of life changing visitations that redirected his life entirely and caused him to write a book meant to help us all awaken to our true nature as spiritual beings, as children of God,... Read more

2011-12-11T15:34:01+00:00

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Speaking to Bugs – Tuning In and Tuning Out

Last updated on: December 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm By chrisjohnson

By Bruce Adams (Hi folks, Here’s a little note from the producers meant to provide a little background on what you’re about to read and see. As it happens, Wednesday’s new webisode from our slowly becoming popular little webseries “Prophet or Madman” is about a conversation Bruce had with one of God’s creatures while visiting his local park. We don’t want you to get the wrong impression, so Bruce wrote this blog to sort of pre-explain what you’ll see on... Read more

2011-12-11T15:34:48+00:00

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The Struggle

Last updated on: December 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm By chrisjohnson

By Bruce Adams In the first blog I wrote entitled The Calling, I said, that there are times when my ego personality showed me that it is only a breath away. From personal experience, I can honestly say it was a tremendous challenge to stay awake and look beyond my previous beliefs and attachments I once had. After being told by God that I was to write a spiritual book and explain the true meaning of Unconditional Love, I first... Read more

2011-09-29T17:33:56+00:00

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The Calling

Last updated on: September 29, 2011 at 5:33 pm By chrisjohnson

by Bruce Adams Before hearing God sometime back in 1996, I believed my life was pretty much like most others in this world. I was a father, a husband and a businessman. Many would say I was living the American dream: Living in Florida with a loving family, a beautiful home on the water, complete with a heated pool and spa as well as a boat docked in the back yard. I remember thinking, “What more could anyone ask for?” ... Read more

2011-09-27T17:09:26+00:00

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Preview of Coming Attractions

Last updated on: September 27, 2011 at 5:09 pm By chrisjohnson

Good day all you wonderful Patheos friends, fans and visitors. It’s been decided that, for the moment, we’ll be putting up new episodes of our webseries Prophet or Madman every Wednesday, so we though to offer a preview of coming attractions every Tuesday. Here is the first one. Last week we opened our series at G.A.T.E., the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment. Pretty high fallutin’, eh? We called that episode GATE, The Opening, imaginatively enough. This weeks episode is called... Read more

2011-12-11T15:35:44+00:00

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Things To Ponder

Last updated on: December 11, 2011 at 3:35 pm By chrisjohnson

By Bruce Adams I do not know about you, but I was told many things as a child that did not make sense. Before I share some thoughts about one of the most confusing and contradictory issues I encountered, I would like to say that I believe 100 % that there is an Unconditionally Loving God, Creator of all that is. Further, I would like to add we are all a part of and come from the same source. That... Read more

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2011-09-28T15:56:07+00:00

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Episode 1: G.A.T.E.

Last updated on: September 28, 2011 at 3:56 pm By Patheos Daily Reflections

The scene: G.A.T.E., The Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre on the FOX lot. Read more

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2011-08-30T20:34:52+00:00

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The Beginning

Last updated on: August 30, 2011 at 8:34 pm By Patheos Daily Reflections

by Steve Allen Hi everyone. Thanks for taking a moment to tune in to our “Lighter Side of Higher Consciousness” web series. I’m Steve Allen Prutting, the narrator of this series, as well as Bruce’s side kick on this long and winding road show. I’m writing this first blog to share with you all a little background so you’ll know how this project got off the ground. I have so much to tell and so many blogs to tell it... Read more

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2011-08-30T20:35:11+00:00

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The Golden Rule

Last updated on: August 30, 2011 at 8:35 pm By Patheos Daily Reflections

by Chris Johnson I’ve been an ordained minister for forty four years now, so you’d think I’d know a thing or two about these spiritual matters. On the contrary, the deepest profundity I’ve been able to manage is to try to live my life in accordance with the Golden Rule. So that’s what I do and have advised others to do through my social work as a founder of the National Optimists Party. Yet on a personal level, the fact... Read more

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