This post “got me in trouble” with some church folk at a church I was recently kicked out of. I wrote it with the intention to inform and the church leaders were offended by it, which led to my “dismissal” All I can say is, I did my job as a writer 🙂

evasantiago310's avatarEva Santiago

Assume-To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.

Today I want to share some truths that I had to discuss with my kids last Friday. We haven’t attended church on a regular basis up until now, so I had completely forgotten what the church atmosphere can be like at times.  Here are 12 things you never assume about church.

1) Never assume that everyone in church will welcome you or your calling.

2) Never assume that everyone that goes to church has your best intentions in mind.

3) Never assume that everyone that goes to church is going to be friendly.

4) Never assume that you won’t find bullies in church.

5) Never let just anyone lay hands on you or pray with you. Someone with a wrong spirit can defile you if you let them pray or lay hands on you.

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Captivating!

Preetam's avatarManipal's Photo Blog

– Aviral Utkarsh

Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.

– Woody Allen

– Anirudh Singh

Celebrating togetherness

– Devasrita Dash

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Lovely!

Ilona Kaszanyi's avatarBlue Line

“Photography is my way of trying to convey all the things that I can not easily put into words.“

Eleanor Leonne Bennett is our Star in March, Eleanor is a British teenager who despite her young age ( born 1996 ) achieved significant international successes as a photographer. She was growing up in the countryside. It was a determining factor in her life. She learnt lots from the wild and rural environment. The most majority of her photography being taken at her home, where she has to find new ways of seeing everything. “The first reason I picked up a camera was to document animal life cycles in my garden.“

See More about Eleanor Leonne Bennett  and a select photos of her captures

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Ilona Kaszanyi's avatarBlue Line

Wednesday, March 7. 2012

Cabo de Gata Natural Park, Spain by Martyn Thompson

“The Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata is a much understated  area of  the Almeria province of Spain. In the summer, people flock to this  heaven-on-earth for it’s stunning beaches but what of other times of the  year? During Spring & Autumn and to some extent winter also, there is the  most beautiful ambient light and the colours, flora & fauna are truly  something wonderful to behold.” –  said the photographer

Thank you Martin!

Blue Line to link the world together , thus we need to see the life around you. You can submit your photography here http://www.bluelyn.com/submit/ to get a chance for your picture to be displayed in our website’s galleries.

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True words sung by a brilliant musician.

Christian Fahey's avatarThe Upside

I first encountered this C.S. Lewis poem on the record pictured here.  It was 1981.  I bought this album, entitled Love Broke Thru by Phil Keaggy. It remains one of my most valuable recordings.

If you know much about Phil and his wife, Bernadette, you know that the work of C.S. Lewis looms large in their pilgrimage.  It has given them light through very trying times, especially the time in which the music for this recording was created.

The third song on Side One is this work of poetry by Lewis sung by Phil to guitars and flute.

The poem is an eloquent unveiling, as it were, of the empty life of the self-absorbed and the way out of the shell.  Phil beautifully set this to music.  It is a moving poem and song.  Enjoy.

As The Ruin Falls

All this is flashy rhetoric about loving you.
I never had…

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