Monthly Archives: June 2017

Feeling like old Adam…


Yes, my grief makes me: “feel like old Adam at the end of that sixth day, / just a boy rubbing his fingers over the fresh/ stitches in his side, wondering why me? why here?”/ (apologies to John Blase). Last night (June … Continue reading

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Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.


I believe a person who has Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior goes immediately to heaven to be in the presence of the Lord when he dies. Though their body is in the grave and either ashes … Continue reading

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You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.


I have experienced after-death contacts with Pat while awake or dreaming, via the usual senses. I can almost call these up by prayer and meditation. I become quiet and peaceful in both and that seems to bring Pat right there … Continue reading

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The Kingdom of Heaven is here and now…


“A lot of Christians … assume that the Kingdom of Heaven means the place where you go when you die — if you’ve been good. But the problem with this interpretation is that Jesus himself specifically contradicts it when he … Continue reading

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Pat’s June 1, message to me …


Often as I wake in the mornings I see the journal Pat is keeping in Heaven. “Is it real, or is it hallucination?” is not the issue; it makes no difference. For me the journal is real — answering my … Continue reading

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