PAULA NEAL MOONEY

by Paula Neal Mooney Last week Oprah's show on The Secret DVD and book kept me up till midnight. Yesterday Oprah did a follow-up show to address the reaction to her wildly popular show about The Secret DVD and book. That "The Secret: The Reaction" show kept me up till 1:30 a.m. It was interesting. God bless the skeptical-looking Christian woman named Maureen who stood up and asked, "...is God anywhere in [The Secret]?" Great question , I thought, especially once I discovered that Neale Donald Walsch , author of the misleading Conversations with God trilogy was one of The Secret teachers. Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith -- the attractive and peaceful-looking black guy pictured above -- answered her question with a few Jesus quotes, but I noticed he was quick to call Christ a prophet. And Maureen said that on The Secret DVD , Neal Donald Walsch called Jesus only a "Teacher" and not Savior. I'm leery of people trying to subtly mislead folks by claim...

I don't like the feeling in my gut... by Paula Neal Mooney Last night I went to bed thinking about Rev. Pat Robertson's predictions of an upcoming attack on the US. Rev. Robertson said that God told him the attack will result in "mass killings" and direly affect millions of folks. This morning I woke up with Rev. Pat Robertson's words on my mind and in my soul. This is not good... I thought. You see, I lean heavily on the Lord and Holy Spirit to tell me what to write each day. I don't like that Rev. Pat Robertson's words are still with me this morning. I don't like that I can't dismiss and mock Robertson's words as easily as some (not all) of the folks below have, a small portion of the bloggers who've pounced (except dennyrburk) and called Rev. Pat Robertson everything from a liar to a loon. For once in my life I'm hoping all the atheists, agnostics and "science is God" folks who so suredly declare that Rev. Pat Robert...