Honor God
Why don’t you follow the usual rituals?* Rituals and traditions are passed along to us, not always with clear understanding of their meanings and purposes, their place in our lives. Mindlessly we keep old ways alive because we feel to do otherwise would not honor tradition. What was good in the past surely is still […]
Be Still and Know – July 23, 2021
You welcome us home as honored guests,back into the fold of your Heart.You have prepared a garden for us,a garden of joy hidden in our hearts.O friends, enter into this eternal garden,befriend the Guide who awaits you.Enter into the great, resounding Silence,be still and know the true peace;Know the all-embracing life of Love;and raise your […]
Centering Down – July 19, 2021
How good it is to center down!To sit quietly and see one’s self pass by!The streets of our minds seethe with endless traffic;Our spirits resound with clashing, with noisy silences,While something deep within hungers and thirsts for the still moment and the resting lull. …As we listen, floating up through all of the jangling echoes […]
To Be Chosen – July 14, 2021
“To be chosen as the Beloved of God is something radically different. Instead of excluding others, it includes others. Instead of rejecting others as less valuable, it accepts others in their own uniqueness. It is not a competitive, but a compassionate choice. Our minds have great difficulty in coming to grips with such a reality. […]