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The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Life: Where is Our Joy?
Introduction… The Living Hour: The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Life takes a fresh and non-dogmatic look at the Lord’s Prayer to reveal new perspectives on the esoteric teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is an SBNR book for Progressive Christians, Unitarians, Agnostics, & all spiritual seekers interested in discovering a more joyful and fulfilling life… Henry David Thoreau,...
The Lord’s Prayer Meaning: Our Father Who Art In Heaven
Chapter 1 Our Father who art in heaven… (Understanding Our Relationship to God) The Lord’s Prayer begins with an idea that seems easy enough to understand. Jesus wants to establish God as our heavenly Father, and we as his children. What we often fail to notice though is what Jesus doesn’t say—yet what he leaves out is just as important. What Jesus doesn’t say is that we...
Understanding The Lord’s Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name
Chapter 2 Hallowed be thy name… (Understanding God’s Identity) Jesus establishes God as a heavenly father figure, but that’s not enough for most of us. Without a name, he seems lost in abstraction. Try as we might, we simply can’t bring him into view. There is only the vague presence of someone hovering around us—like the adult of a Charlie Brown Peanuts Special, always...
Teaching the Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom Come
Chapter 3 Thy kingdom come… (Understanding God’s Will) With the second line of The Lord’s Prayer, we arrive at the heart of the matter: God’s kingdom. To understand how Jesus views his Father’s kingdom, we first need to do some–thing that will seem strange. We must take all discussion of “Heaven” off the table. There will be no talk about heaven with a capital...
The Meaning of Lord’s Prayer: Thy Will Be Done
Chapter 4 Thy will be done… (Understanding God’s Will) In the Book of Luke, there is a curious statement about God. Luke quotes the prophet Isaiah as saying that through Christ (the Lord) all mankind shall see the “salvation of God”.1 Considering the ham–fisted way that Jesus’s twelve apostles (not to mention the Pharisees and Sadducees) often handled Old Testament scripture,...
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Teach Yourself Thai Language & Have Fun Learning It!
Certain subjects require a level of seriousness to learn, but when it comes to Teaching Yourself Thai it is the fun factor that matters most. The vast majority of adult language learners quit after a few weeks or months out of boredom or because they find the language too difficult. This is not the case though when Thai language...
Easy Thai-English Cognate Dictionary: Learn Thai Fast!
The Original Thai-English Language Cognate Dictionary & Learning Tool is loaded with entertaining easy Thai sample sentences and figurative + literal English translations that will quickly get you speaking the Thai language more like a native speaker and less like a tourist. Available now in paperback, eBook, and a workbook...
Easy Colloquial Thai – Thai Slang Dictionary – Idioms
LivingHour.org is pleased to announce the publication of Learn Thai Language: Generation Next (Slang & Colloquial Talk). This fun and useful bi-lingual book is for all students who are learning the Thai language and wish to better understand and communicate with Thailand’s younger generation. Not a dry Thai textbook...
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Learning Easy Thai Language: Heart to Heart Talk
The mini-ebook Heart to Heart Talk, the 2nd book in our Easy Thai Top 40™ series, is now for sale. Whether you are an expat or a tourist in Thailand, Heart to Heart Talk will be an essential language resource for making the most out of your stay in the kingdom. Like our Original Thai-English Cognate Dictionary, each easy Thai entry is complimented with a colloquial sample...
Learning Easy Thai for Lovers: Flirting & Making Out in Thai
Due to popular demand, the new edition of our Easy Thai Top 40™ series is For Lovers & Friends: How to Flirt in Thai. In this book you’ll quickly learn 40 easy Thai sentences that can be used to flirt with your Thai girlfriend/boyfriend or close friends of the opposite sex. What you won’t find is “dirty talk” (or Thai sex talk) that will get...
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Book of Zen
At LivingHour.org we believe that brevity is not just the soul of wit but of the spiritual path. That is why we are fans of the new website BookofZen.com. Check out the Book of Zen for original daily zen koans that will get you thinking, loving, learning, and living. Written from an outpost in rural Thailand, the Book of Zen offers its koans in both English and Thai. Here are a few of our favorites: Koan 50 (Book of Zen) Living... (more...)
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