Friends, Good and Bad

To be surrounded by friends is fortunate, to be surrounded by friends who are religious or spiritual and open minded is of even greater fortune. To be secure in ones faith I believe allows one to be open to the faith of others. When I see people who are closed minded or intolerant of other people’s beliefs I always think that they are very insecure in their belief. They seem as frightened of other ideas…

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Micro-Lending

Yes, another post on Micro-Lending.  This one is merely an update.  Of the six loans I have made four have completely repaid their loans.  Today I was able to re-loan some of my repaid funds to a clothing vendor in Azerbaijan. I loan through Kiva.org and if anyone wants to join our temple’s team just search for Myosho-ji and sign up.  There are lots of folks all over the world who, with the aid of…

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Charlotte Gay Pride – 2009

What a weekend just wrapped up.  There are hundreds of positive words that could be used to describe the events of Pride here in Charlotte this year.  Joy and Happiness are two that come to mind most immediately.  Yes success, victory, wonderful and so forth could also be used, however, I think joy is the one I like the best. There was so much joy this past weekend.  Folks were out and OUT being themselves…

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Micro Lending – a good idea, please help

Using money that has been paid back to me from loans I have made on Kiva, I was able to re-loan that money and help fund another entrepreneur. If you have thought about micro lending or if you know nothing about micro lending you might check out Kiva.org. If you decide that you can help in this effort of small loans to individual and group entrepreneurs please consider joining Myosho-ji’s team. With Gassho, Rev. Ryusho…

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