Category Archives: the pope

If I Could Be the Pope for Just One Day, This is What I’d Say

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Steve Simms

The keys to happiness are internal, not external. Your exterior situation can never fully satisfy you. Satisfaction is an interior experience. An external masquerade can hide your internal disfunction and pain, but it can never heal it. Achieving exterior superiority … Continue reading →

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1 Man Can’t Reflect The Body Of Christ — It Takes A Village

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Steve Simms

1 man can’t reflect the body of Christ.  That takes a village. Christ-followers are puzzle pieces, each picturing a particular part of Christ. When a group gathers and each person present is allowed to openly participate and share his/her part, … Continue reading →

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For the first time in more than half a millennium; the Pope is too pooped to pope.

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Steve Simms
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