Karin Friedemann: "Myths and Facts about al-Qaeda" (great article you MUST read!)

Karin is a good friend of mine. I love her tons & tons & tons.  She is an OUTSTANDING writer--clear & succinct.
She is an anti-Zionist like me. (Not anti-Jewish.)
Please stop your twisting things around & whining, "anti-Jew, anti-Semitic" b.s. (Most Israeli Jews are NOT even of Hebrew descent, they are descended from the kingdom of Khazar.) Learn your history before you throw the "racist" or "anti-Semite" accusation at me/her/us/everyone.

Karin Friedemann: Myths and Facts about al-Qaeda [external link]: The media myth of a global Islamic conspiracy never got much traction in America before 2001 because the minority Muslim American population...

Video "Quaerere Deum: Documentary of Italian Monastery"

Beautiful & amazing! I truly, truly want to live in a monastery like this.  I think it's been my dream for years now.   And meditating on my life over the past seven years, I am convinced that God has been priming me for this kind of life (though I could always be wrong!)  My interest in books, music, philosophy, women (and lack of them!), etc.  Too many things are pointing to the monastic life.  Of course I may simply be thinking out loud right now.  But in all earnestness, this kind of life looks appealing and amazing to me.  The simple idea of giving up everything to live a life of solitude for the Lord, all feels so natural to me. My personal daily written journal has much more on this topic.  I am not comfortable yet revealing too much here on the interwebz.

Please watch this video if you have 45 minutes to spare from your hectic all-important life.

" Finding the Way to the Heart " Great Blog to Check Out!!!

...and this story about the lure of Buddhism for us Christians. [external link to blog]

**While I don't agree with everything written here, I think this is a great story!  And this 

is a top-notch blog.

Father Symeon's Journal // Eastern Orthodox Christian Content ♥♥♥

This is an excellent blog to check out, though it hasn't been updated since August 2013.  Well worth your time, however.

Orthodox Christian Medicine   "The healing of soul and body through the ancient Orthodox Christian Way of Life."

Fr. Symeon's Journal [external link]