DoxBro's Blog of Life

Hello readers. This blog post is intended for reader interaction.  I'm going to post a brief thought with some questions, very general. It's your job to think about it and respond. Please keep comments on the given topic. Most of all, keep it clean.  I'll post some basic questions for starters.  ____ __________ I've noticed a lot lately that people are moving away from traditional Christianity and moving toward a new contemporary idea of Christianity. One in which there's no label of Christianity being a "religion," but rather a way of life. A contemporary idea where there's no need for a temple or structured liturgy in order to develop a love and relationship with Christ.  While I would agree that the Church is not simply a building where people gather, I have to ask how these new churches will maintain the message and substance of Christ and His Church? In other words, when a person or a group of people wipe out all the customs, traditions ...

The Thanksgiving Miracle I dedicate this to my old roommate, who will never read this, and more importantly never know he gave me my Thanksgiving miracle. This was written last year, a few days after it happened... and to this day, I hold this experience close to my heart. Since I wrote it, I have not edited or revised it beyond name changes (to keep those involved anonymous) and spelling errors.  _____         __________     _______________  November 22, 2011 was a day just like any other. I was up late the night before and had to wake up early for class, which of course meant being exhausted all day, and more importantly, not getting (nearly) enough beauty sleep. So by default I knew when I woke up Tuesday morning that I would be tired and somewhat lazy; thinking about nothing but being able to go to my apartment and take a nap before my OCF (Orthodox Christian Fellowship) meeting.       ...

A friend of mine recently told me, "I've always felt comfortable opening up to you because I know you'll never judge me." He's right, I'll never judge him. I've gotten a lot of negative attention lately and many comments which make me seem like an intolerant and judgmental  piece of garbage. Comments which describe me as being, "full of hate." Things which aren't so much hurtful, but rather, untrue. These comments are made by people who (for the most part) do not know me very well. It's fine to have assumptions about who I am and what I am. But please, save your energy of badmouthing me, and put it into getting to know me, or understand where I'm coming from. Lately I've put a lot of my writing energies into the "No No's" of my belief system. Obviously this limits my audience because not everybody sees things the same. So, I'll be starting a series on love, peace, friendship, patience, kindness, generosity,...