The GOOD News:For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL
"‘Love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
"... the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline."
(to Tim)
Silence is not empty; in it is the symphony of the soul. In stillness it is heard; listening, we comprehend it. Be still. And know. We are stilled to know. This human journey - a maturing process.
The trees teach. The wind teaches. The flowers teach. The ocean teaches. The clouds teach. The sun teaches. Be still. And know. We are stilled to know. This human journey - a maturing process.
God-the-Creator's demonstrated continual interest is the wellbeing of all of us. Revived, rebuilt, reset, we accede to the call of a new creation, cleared of illusions, stilled to know - ever more fully knowing - we do not have to go to God, God has come to us. God with us, the hope of glory, the eternal presence of divinity.
Done right by God. Doing right by each other. Energized by Unflinching Grace.
"I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Learnings from the empowered authenticity of like-minded being:
it takes one to know one; no hubris nor pretention.
The Walk
Nicolette Sowder
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."
FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
a Beauty of Being
(quite enough)
"We reinforce our identity each and every day: thoughts, actions, beliefs."
"Live without pretending. Love without depending. Listen without defending. Speak without offending."
DEALING WISELY with RELIGIOUS NARCISSISM (upcoming series)
Isaiah, the Prophet
"Rise up, shine, because your light has come. The glory of Yahweh has risen upon you. Look, darkness has covered the land. Deep darkness covers the people. But Yahweh will rise upon you. His glory will appear over you, and nations will come to your light."
Bishop Gene Robinson
"It's funny isn't it? That you can preach a judgmental and vengeful and angry God and nobody will mind. But you start preaching a God that is too accepting, too loving, too forgiving, too merciful, too kind . . . and you are in trouble."
Desmond Tutu
"You may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.."
Salt of The Soil
SAND is not SALT
Be who YOU are! If you don't like what you are, TRANSFORM
Do what it takes! If you don't like where you're headed, TURN
The BEST you is you. Be you! Don't lose your salt.
Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.
"Learn to find joy in the story you are actually living." Rachel Marie Martin
"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something."
The COMPASS: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. THAT'S IT in THE HEART
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