Bob D. – “Inner peace, WONDERFUL amends stories, Helping others” Video
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Confess Your Faults One To Another: Steps Five, Six, Seven
Confess Your Faults One To Another: Steps Five, Six, Seven by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance–that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” ~ Herbert Spencer It’s amazing what happens when we pray, invite the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ to sit with us, guide us and direct our thoughts and actions. When we do this, especially with another person, the impact…
READ MOREFrank Buchman and the Oxford Group
Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group By bob k for AA Agnostics The founder of the Oxford movement – a Christian evangelical movement and the birthplace of AA – Frank Nathaniel Daniel Buchman was born in the small town (pop. 1,200) of Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, on June 4th, 1878, fourteen months earlier than AA’s future co-founder, Bob Smith. Pennsburg’s population was almost exclusively German, morally conservative, “where the only permissible vice was overeating”. (Frank Buchman – A Life, Garth Lean, p. 3) Buchman’s mother was a devout Lutheran, with grand ambitions for her son. His father…
READ MORERelapse Prevention: Early warning signs and important coping skills (Video)
Relapse Prevention: Early warning signs and important coping skills Video
READ MOREPowerless and UnManageable: Step One
Powerless and UnManageable: Step One by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network Once a person realizes the breath in their lungs is not their own, well, the whole being-in-control thing is easier to understand. If a person is able to hold their breath for, say, five minutes (people can hold their breath for 3-4 minutes and some may reach higher limits) but once a person grasp the idea the breath in their lungs is from a Power greater than themselves, that Power is God, then life may begin to look a…
READ MOREAgainst You, You Only Have I Sinned: Step Four
Against You, You Only Have I Sinned: Step Four by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network When we begin looking at our lives through the lens of the sins that have been committed our life looks a lot different. Wether we have lived a life in active addiction or not is really not important. If a person has lived for a time engulfed in darkness, well, Step 4 through 9 in book Alcoholics Anonymous could be very beneficial. Of course, the remaining steps, done in order, would be best, but…
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Sandy B. – “Everything is Perception” Video
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Homeless Woman with Children-Marisa Video by Soft White Underbelly
READ MOREThe Oxford Group Connection Matures…
The Oxford Group Connection Matures… from Silkworth.net Click here for The Oxford Group Connection Series of articles >>> The first in the series is The Oxford Group Connection published July 26, 2022. In 1934, Ebby T., childhood friend of Bill W.’s, was about to be locked up as a chronic drunk in Bennington, Vermont. He was visited by three men from an Oxford Group; Shep C., Rowland H., and Cebra G. (A precursor to our Twelve Step work!) They later sent Rowland H. back alone to see Ebby. He acted as…
READ MOREFilling Our Basket…
Filling Our Basket… You see, sometimes we just need to get out of our own way to allow the Truth to seep in and unravel our life. For me, and I believe a great many other people, this begins with worship. We must hand over the reigns to a Power that knows and understands so much more than we could possibly even begin to know or understand. We simply need to fill the “worship basket” with the “fuel our spirits were designed to burn.” C.S. Lewis in “Mere Christianity” “God…
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