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What are you doing with your Pearl?
By Thomas Bachhuber
June 7, 2009
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Jesus’ Parable about the Pearl
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man or a woman who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, who having found one pearl of great price, went and sold everything, and bought it.”
Matthew 13:45,46
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• Give up earthly possessions
• Something special inside
• Created by a living organism
• What we most cherish
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Pearls are Gifts
“Giftedness is the only means I know of for the ordinary person to make sense out of life. Each one is given a purpose and the drive and competitiveness to achieve that purpose. Meaning is thereby built into the adventure of living for everyone.”
Arthur Miller
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Perspective on the Universe
“Either you look at the universe as a very poor creation out of which no one can make anything; or you look at your own life and your own part in the universe as infinitely rich, full of inexhaustible interest, opening out into the infinite possibilities of study, work, contemplation and praise. Beyond all and in all is God.”
-Thomas Merton
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Ethel Kienz(1910-2003)
http://www.centerforlifetransitions.net/about/history/ethel-trask-keinz
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Mission
• Support people at“crossroads”
• Develop and deliver individual and group programs
• Promote faith/spirit explorationhttp://www.centerforlifetransitions.net
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Your Life Situation…
“Ask yourself whether this situation—where you are or where you’re going--is truly God-given.
The more deeply you live your spiritual life, the clearer it is where God wants you to be. God holds you safe and gives you peace, even when there is pain.”
The Inner Voice of Love
Henri Nouwen
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What are you doing with your Pearl?
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