Month: March 2025

Letter to the Editor: My Journey Out of Alcoholics Anonymous and Into Truth

Dear Lighthouse Trails: I am writing to inform you a little about myself and how I happened upon your incredible informational site. I am 54 years old, and about 21 years ago, I had an incredible and remarkable life change…

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“Illinois Bill Would Let Failing School System Send Homeschooling Parents To Jail”

LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Diana Sroka RickertThe Federalist Homeschool parents would face fines, misdemeanor charges and even jail time if they do not report themselves to local public school officials,…

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Letter to the Editor: A Former Contemplative Prayer/Emergent Follower Tells His Story

Dear Lighthouse Trails: Thank You for your article on Richard Rohr. I look forward to reading Ray Yungen’s book, A Time of Departing. These well-thought-out exposés on Rohr and those at the forefront of the “spiritual formation” movement have very…

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JNS: No Reasonable Argument for Doubting Reliability of Trump’s Stands on Israel and Against Antisemitism

LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. “Trump, not the ‘woke’ right, remains in charge of US policy” By Jonathan TobinJewish News Syndicate The announcement that Col. Daniel Davis was tapped to be deputy director of…

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How We Win by Losing

By Bill Randles And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a…

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Lent and Contemplative . . . A Likely Match

According to one definition, Lent is: While the Bible does not give any instruction to practice or participate in Lent, many churches do. In fact, since the contemplative prayer movement has come into full swing, more and more churches are…

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Definitions: Contemplative Spirituality / Spiritual Formation

Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is interspiritual (all…

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Looking for God by a Former Catholic Nun

By Agnès Beau I had a very happy childhood, surrounded by a large family with loving, pious parents. My father, in particular, sincerely believed in God. He was born in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century. When the…

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