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Smashed and Tattered Jul 4, 2022 Blessed – lucky – are those who cry. Blessed are those who are sad, who mourn, who feel the loss of what they love – because they will be held by the One Who loves them.…
The Story of The Union Weld: Pain Has Meaning Nov 30, 2020 Happiness is neither within us only, or without us; it is the union of ourselves with God.~Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized…
Love that Wins The War Feb 16, 2019 Late have I loved You, O Beauty so ancient and new; Late Have I loved You. Lo, You were within, but I outside, seeking there for you, and upon the shapely things you have made I…
Demanding Our Healing May 22, 2018 God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or…
Flux: Creating The Perfect Environment for Positive Change Mar 24, 2018 This is true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and…
Hunger for Righteousness: Born from Death to Self Jan 21, 2018 When the soul by the Holy Spirit comes to know the Mother of God; when in the Holy Spirit the soul becomes kin to the Apostles, the Prophets, and all the Saints and Righteous Ones, then…
Always Pain – Always More G_d Sep 9, 2017 Suffering is at the burning core of everything because love is. We need not feel alone in suffering because God is a suffering God who pulls close at our call. We can receive it if we…
Into The Memory Abyss: Finding Healing Jul 13, 2017 There is no escaping the cross. You will feel either pain in your body or tribulation in your spirit. Sometimes you will feel deserted by God. Sometimes your neighbor will trouble you. Quite frankly, you will…
Surrounded by G_d’s Goodness And Mercy May 29, 2017 “To say to an Orthodox Jew, “I would like to have dinner with you,” is understood as “I would like to enter into friendship with you.” Even today, members of Orthodox Jewry will share a donut…
Our Fear of His Healing Mar 28, 2017 It would be hard to believe God too much: it is dreadfully common to believe him too little. ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to…
A Father’s Broken Heart Feb 21, 2017 What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own…
Our Loss to Distraction: Finding What Matters Jan 10, 2017 To feel safe is to stop living in my head and sink down into my heart and feel liked and accepted … not having to hide anymore and distract myself with books, television, movies, ice cream,…
God Heals Because of Who He Is Jan 9, 2017 Faith means being grasped by a power that is greater than we are, a power that shakes us and turns us, and transforms and heals us. Surrender to this power is faith. ~Paul Johannes Oskar Tillich…
Resolved: To Live in Love Dec 10, 2016 I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out of which to make anything; God is all in all, and he made us…
Love Deeply, Weep Freely Dec 8, 2016 Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have. ~John Piper And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife…
His Longing for our Wholeness Nov 4, 2016 We are not sick people trying to get well. We are whole people fighting off sickness. ~Graham Cooke Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my…
Forever Beyond the Great Sadness Sep 9, 2016 Bittersweet is a word not understood by most. Only them who have heard the enormous roar of His quiet Peace above the storm through which they have passed, know this word’s true sense.~ Makala Barnabas Doulos…
Final Reality: No More Enemy Jul 8, 2016 I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.~ Martin Luther King Jr.I tell you this, brothers: flesh and…
Death by Living As A Victim Jun 6, 2016 When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.~ His Holiness The Dalai Lama The Pharisees…
Living Life Beyond The Platitudes: Loving The Lovable May 22, 2016 Suddenly I feel myself transformed and changed; it is joy unspeakable. My mind is exhilarated; I lose the memory of past trials; my intelligence is clarified; my desires are satisfied. I grasp something inwardly as with…
Sealed with A Dream May 22, 2016 Dear Abba, I’m starting out free today, free from the advertised lies that promise me everything from four-doors of turbo-charged happiness to some contraption that will shake, rattle, and roll my abs back into a pack…
Could Go Back… But Why? Jan 22, 2016 Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear and with a manly heart.~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Brothers,…
Catastrophic Success Jan 19, 2016 The first thing that Jesus promises is suffering: “I tell you… you will be weeping and wailing… and you will be sorrowful.” But he calls these pains birth pains. And so, what seems a hindrance becomes…
Unforced Grace Sep 24, 2015 As we practice the work of forgiveness we discover more and more that forgiveness and healing are one.~Agnes Sanford Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone…
He Is with Us: Past, Present and Future Jul 29, 2015 To live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness is to let go of cares and concerns, to stop organizing means to ends and simply be in each moment of awareness as an end in itself… We…
Training in Goodness: Finding Life in Facing Death Jul 10, 2015 Blessing those who have hurt you is a decision of your will that may go against how you feel.~ Tony Evans Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and…
Separation And Restoration May 27, 2015 We have not to do with a God who is off there above the sky, who can deal with us only through the violation of physical law. We have instead a God in whom we live…
Post Victory Rehabilitation May 3, 2015 Bloody nose and burning eyesRaised in laughter to the skiesI’ve been in trouble but I’m okBeen through the wringer but I’m okWalls are falling and I’m okUnder the mercy and I’m ok~ Bruce Cockburn When I…
Comprehensively Saved Aug 31, 2014 The nausea of being the thing I was leapt from my throat like sobbing….~Dacia Maraini (1936- )“The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’” This makes Jesus the guarantor…