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Jerry Kvasnicka
Jerry Kvasnicka
JoinedFebruary 16, 2013
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Jerry Kvasnicka, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, has had a varied career as a youth minister, a radio news reporter, a writer and editor for several magazines and journals and a custodian with the Loveland, Colorado school district. He has lived at the Sunrise Ranch spiritual community in Loveland for twenty-eight years.
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OVER THE TOPULATION: Reassessing our identity to overcome the #1 issue of today

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 20, 2012
We frequently hear of global summits  on climate change, the world economy and AIDS, but it isn’t often that news...
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LOVE VS TRUTH: How the truth shall make you free

Jerry Kvasnicka·November 10, 2012
“What the world needs now, is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” These...
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A QUESTION OF INCENTIVE: Work to the best of our ability regardless of reward

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 27, 2012
A year or two into my job as an elementary school custodian I was told by my supervisor that I was being raised to a higher pay grade, but also that I would be expected to...
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HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS: The underlying cause of global warming

Jerry Kvasnicka·May 24, 2012
From flooding in Thailand to record snowfall in Alaska to droughts in Texas to hurricanes vicious enough to destroy major sections of cities, the weather has become increasingly imbalanced and extreme. So what...
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SPIRITUAL GOVERNMENT: Human consciousness and the true politician

Jerry Kvasnicka·April 7, 2012
As if the year 2012 wasn’t already slated to be a milestone year in terms of economic turbulence, protest movements, climate change, storms on the sun, the end of ...
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EMBRACING RECESSION: Follow the natural rhythm of economic cycles

Jerry Kvasnicka·March 21, 2012
Is the American economy still in recession or pulling out? Or is it just entering the second phase of a “double-dip” recession? Economists and politicians debate these questions endlessly and...
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MIND CLEANSING SCHOOL: Finding fulfillment in life as a janitor

Jerry Kvasnicka·January 12, 2012
Life gives us an interesting plate. As an undergraduate I majored in business administration and minored in philosophy. A religious experience in my ...
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BLESS YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE: A prescription for personal and planetary healing

Jerry Kvasnicka·December 23, 2011
Some thirty-five years ago on a warm summer evening I was present as a very wise man lectured on the theme "Bless Your Circumstance."...
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