Tag Archives: spiritual growth

Pennies

Posted on March 15, 2015 by GOvideoHAWAII

In search of spiritual growth Fred has been going to and talking with a guru at his downtown office once a week for 3 years. As a result of this relationship Fred has grown into an awareness about himself to … Continue reading →

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Thank-You For My Second Blogger Award !!

Posted on December 29, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

On weekends it usually isn’t until late Sunday evening before I can continue posting here on Journey2Kona2019. In late November I discovered that Arnel Gonce had nominated J2K2019 for the 2012 Blog Of The Year Award but I’ve been late … Continue reading →

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Life Has Other Plans For Us

Posted on October 5, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

One of my favorite “Everybody Loves Raymond” episodes on TV involved fruit!  As a Christmas surprise Raymond has a box of fruit delivered to his mother Marie, which she wants to give back to him since she and her husband … Continue reading →

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Even If They Love You They’ll Hurt You

Posted on September 10, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I was watching a documentary about a circus which had been in one family for three generations.  The circus had the usual entertainments of trapeze, clowns, jugglers, lions and tigers.  Part of the tiger show has to do with the … Continue reading →

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Our Desire to be Cruel

Posted on September 4, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

I read about someone who shot and killed his girlfriend and when asked by the police why he did it responded, “I don’t know why.”  Sometimes our inner life can be like muddy water into which we cannot see and … Continue reading →

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Your Character Defects MAGNIFIED

Posted on July 26, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

The 2010 trip to Hawaiʻi was our gift to Mom by way of celebrating her 85th birthday.  We flew her first class each way and bought her a ¾ carat ring with 5 diamonds, one from each of us kids.  We … Continue reading →

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Danger in the Darkness

Posted on May 23, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

Hawaiians have always been willing to venture into the unknown with confidence that they could deal with whatever they might find.  On my first Makani Kai helicopter tour over Oahu however I wasn’t so sure about my own courage!  When … Continue reading →

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I Could Have Really Been Somebody!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

On three of my trips to Hawaiʻi I have gone on the Makani Kai helicopter tour that goes over and around the whole island of Oʻahu.  To see the island from above is to see what is not visible from … Continue reading →

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My Inner Life

Posted on April 16, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

When I first became a Pastor I discovered that one of the young women in the parish has her entire right arm tattooed in various patterns and colors.  When I first saw it I remember being startled!  Having now been … Continue reading →

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Pot, Dying and Life!

Posted on April 9, 2012 by GOvideoHAWAII

As Guestmaster I would receive guests on retreat, give them a two-hour tour of the monastery, show them to their room and tell them what time to be back up at the main building for meals.  One Friday afternoon I … Continue reading →

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