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.
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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.”
This encourages us to live with eyes wide open and hearts full of wonder.
Inspired, thereby, cherished creativity (seeds of flourishing) reflect a supreme gladness, confident of the efficacy of living samples, divine models and exemplary guidance, all of which nurture life's enthralling uniqueness; all of it Built on a Firm Foundation!
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.
Done right by God. Doing right by each other. Energized by Unflinching Grace.
"I have loved you with an everlasting love."
Learnings from the everydayness of authentic life-choices (an appreciation of each other's essential perspective) . . .
which bolsters a fruitful, harmonious, experience of life.
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."
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a Reality of Being
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"Christ-likeness is fruitful with everlasting sufficiency."
"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.
“Okay!” Let’s just suppose a Supreme Soulical conversation with our predecessors unfolded in this manner - (yes, it’s a pretend, sort of, or maybe not): “Mhm!” says God Supreme, “you consistently get yourself into one kerfuffle after another; hm-hm-hm, and that hurts! Then you turn to one sacrifice after another hoping to soothe your unrelenting trauma and appease Me, crying for mercy. Hmm! How’s that working out? Let’s settle this once and for all, shall we? I’ll provide the sacrifice you so desperately want. That sacrifice will be Me-Myself-Mois. You’re good with that? ‘Cause I’m good. Before you offer that very sacrifice back to Me-Myself-Mois, I’ll show you - Myself, I will - how to avoid the kerfuffles you keep tumbling yourself and pushing others into, and how rather to enjoy the magnificence of ALL MY CREATION, and how to fellowship UNFAULTED with Yours Truly continually. Forever. What do you say? You'll experience the magnificence of everlasting peace, love, and joy in our new creation; clarity and the freedoms of this divine reflection. What do you think? You know the sun rises on evil and good; rain showers on the righteous and the unrighteous. Yes? As always, your choice!. Go easy. Be filled with light. Shine.”
Let’s just say this is the substance of such a divine conversation; let's pretend it was. Or not! (Jesus - The Christ - Emmanuel - lived on earth - died on the cross - rose from the dead - lives again!)
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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Building a Firm Foundation?
