MEDITATION
"DEVOTION"

GOOD
NEWS

THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL

"‘Love the Lord your 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.”

JESUS the CHRIST

The Joy of Becoming
(the dignity of being)

in one-twenty-fifth of a second
Life
Death
Immortality.
Snap of a Shutter
There! Forever!
Eternity Dwells

There is a power within each of us to capture moments, authentically, purposefully, in a way as well to captivate humanity, to inspire, to change how a story ends.

Inclusive is the ability to transform our mind, to honor the dignity in one's self and the dignity in each other, to share one's unique perspective, to learn from each other. This testifies to who we are individually and collectively.

Perhaps these two following perspectives will enlighten and-or embolden us to discover or re-discover how we might make a wholesome difference along our journey, how we might experience the good life.

"Find a way to contribute something that only you can contribute. What is it about your perspective, your interest, your skills, that you can bring that no one else can bring?" _Anand Varma

"You need to know what you love, what you're good at, and the most important thing is what the world needs. And when you find that, you get up in the morning to fulfill the purpose of your life." _Christina Mittermeier

To be cognizant of one's capacity to offer what no one else can
is to be aware others are endowed with what no one else has.

On solid reflection, a spot of divine wisdom which holds in readiness with all things whatever the dynamics of our relationships: what you would want for others to do to you, you do even so to them; whatever is hurtful to you, do not do to any other.

That ancient wisdom, captioned in the context of a comprehensive transformation package, underscores a radical vision - new creation - brilliantly presented by the Lord Jesus Christ in his sermon on the mount. It welcomes us into a uniquely engaging lifestyle - the good life. See how Jesus reveals this.

EXPLORE: Sermon on The Mount (the series)

"Encourage one another. Build one another up."

Awesome

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."

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.

Joshua Dubois
PRAYERS

"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."

- John Lewis

EACH DAY an OPPORTUNITY to LEARN

(beyond religiosity, beyond judgment, beyond pretense)

Is there GOOD LIFE in the lap of UNTEMPERED CONFLICTS?

Isn't it Good to Grow as YOU GO?