by Robert Brown | Oct 17, 2021 | Blessing, Matching, MFT and Fundraising, Other Testimonies, Sam's Weekly Thought, Spiritual Experiences
Glossary of Moonish Terms Author’s note: This is intended to be an informal guide to help people understand the jargon we – Unificationists, Moonies, family members – use as we tell our stories. It is not to be taken as authoritative, and it is...
by Robert Brown | Apr 23, 2018 | Church Centers, Sam's Weekly Thought
Here are some of my random Oakland memories. What are yours? This Sunday in LA church, Rick Joswick will testify about the early days of Oakland church. It will be available on video afterwards on testimoonies.com Followed by an open mic for others to share their...
by Robert Brown | Mar 4, 2018 | Challenging Times, Children, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley March 4, 2018 Did you ever have an experience like this? Where you could only do one thing, but somehow it was enough? Six years ago, when my blessing broke up and we lost our house, I had to find a room to stay in. A blessed couple who lived in the same...
by Robert Brown | Feb 17, 2018 | Sam's Weekly Thought, With True Family
by Sam Harley February 17, 2018 When I first joined, holy days were a welcome relief from the lonely front line battlegrounds. It was such a joy to be with brothers and sisters from all over the world, together as a family with our True Parents. God’s Day was the only...
by Robert Brown | Feb 4, 2018 | Challenging Times, Sam's Weekly Thought
by Sam Harley February 2, 2018 Indemnity is a word that is familiar to most of us old Moonies, ahem scuse me, Unificationists. Usually it means something like paying sincerely to make up for past sins or failings, whether it’s our own, our ancestors’ or...
by Robert Brown | Dec 10, 2017 | Korea, Sam's Weekly Thought, Spiritual Experiences
by Sam Harley December 9, 2017 A day or two after the 1275 Couple Blessing ceremony, Jenny Tanabe arranged a bus to Heung Jin Nim’s won jeun. On the way there, Marilyn Kerins stood up in front of the bus of seminary students, and asked if anyone felt moved to be...
