many are turning
their backs on the church today–
to find god themselves
for organized religion
has sown seeds of discontent
–photo by me
organized religion (tanka)
many are turning
their backs on the church today–
to find god themselves
for organized religion
has sown seeds of discontent
–photo by me
michaeljordahl 
These sunflowers follow the sun each day. Perhaps religion could learn from them.
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Good one, Susan!!😊
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Excellent metaphor, Michael, as it goes so well with the wonderful picture! Awesome! 🙂
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Thank you, Tom! I do love the sunflowers, too!😊
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Excellent shot
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Thank you, I can never get enough of sunflowers!!
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You are so right and I’m among them. While I miss having a congregation, I feel closer than ever to God. I really love this photo.
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Thank you–its hard to go wrong with sunflowers… I could write a book on the subject, but that’s not where I want to go with the blog
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We are as sunflowers in the field of earthly life. Organized Religion can be both blessing and curse. The original messages of love of Life (God) and oneness often turn into exclusivity and ‘justified’ power to persecute and kill in the name of God. We are still a primitive species. If we survive our spiritual challenges producing exterior events, we may well evolve to mature behaviours. Rigid Religions based in power and control struggles must change or be left behind.
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I’m with you all the way; however, recent events in the world make me wonder if we’ll make it to maturity
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I sincerely hope so.
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