Ah, so here is the rub ~ Some Christians (catholics ~ ie all/universal followers of Christ) do not believe in the “communion of saints,” which we profess in the Apostles’ Creed.
Roman Catholics do pray the Apostles’ Creed, some Protestants do pray the Apostles’ Creed, but not all.
Whether or not you are Roman Catholic or Orthodox or some Protestant sect, we are all part of that ‘universal followers of Christ’.
If you are of the Jewish faith or something else other than Christian…
Have you not experienced at one time or another, a dream visit from a loved one who has passed on?
Whether or not you profess a belief in the “communion of saints,” do you not believe it simply because you have experienced it?
You have experienced it! Your loved ones have visited you in a dream, after they ‘died,’ and they were not ‘dead;’ they were very much alive, in the spirit!
( St. Paul alludes to this “behold, I tell you a great mystery—not all of us here will fall asleep—some of us will be changed in the twinkling of an eye”)
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As a toddler, Sue Baumgardner made up stories for herself looking at books she could not read and later spun tales for her younger sisters. After she had her own children, she told them tales and eventually wove a new pattern into the fabric of their lives. As the three sat together, one would begin with a story idea of her own. She spoke perhaps a paragraph or two or three, then pointed to the next who would take up the thread and continue with her own evolution of the story line passed to her, until she pointed to the next. The third person wove her own ideas into the story progression. After the three each had a turn, anyone could end the story, in their turn, whenever it felt complete to them.
After her children were adults, Sue studied writing, first poetry and then prose. After six semesters in adult education, she was thoroughly hooked on the story art form. Sue continued with dozens of classes, seminars and writing retreats. She studied writing and publishing under the likes of James Patterson, Peter Behrens, and Mark Dawson.
As a contributor to the Discover Maine Magazine, Sue received her first check for her prose.
Her poetry has been published in The Aurorian.
She has six of her paperbacks along with four ebooks published. They include fiction and nonfiction for adults and fiction for Middle Readers.
Her very first publishing though began with Greeting Card Universe, where Sue’s greeting cards with verse are sold across the world.
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