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September 2023

September 15, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Standing Around The Well

SAYING 74: He said, “Lord, there are many about the well, but no one in...

September 08, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Unemployment In God’s Kingdom

SAYING 73 - Jesus said, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So...

August 2023

August 31, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: I Am Not A Divider

SAYING 72: A man said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions...

August 25, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Bring Forth What Is Within You

SAYING 70 Jesus said, “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring...

August 22, 2023

What If God Isn’t Love?

I have a friend who always challenges this assumption that God is Love every time...

August 19, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are the Hungry

SAYING 69: Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have been persecuted in their heart; these...

August 12, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are The Despised Ones

SAYING 68 Jesus said, “Blessed are you when they should hate and persecute you. For...

July 2023

July 28, 2023

Why The World, and the Church, Rejects The Message of Jesus

It's quite common for Christians to bemoan the fact that the "World" - meaning non-Christians...

July 28, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Parable of Separation

SAYING 65: He [Jesus] said, "A [kind] man owned a vineyard, and put it in...

July 21, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Commerce of the Kingdom

SAYING 64: Jesus said, "A man was receiving out-of-town visitors. And having prepared the dinner,...

July 14, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Poverty of the Kingdom

SAYING 63: Jesus said, "There was a rich man who had considerable wealth. He said,...

July 07, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: To Those Who Seek Mysteries

SAYING 62: Jesus said, "It is to those who seek my mysteries that I reveal...

June 2023

June 30, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: That Which Is Integrated

SAYING 61: Jesus said, "Two will repose on a couch: one will die, one...

June 27, 2023

Our Scandalous Unity With Everything

There's a moment in the Gospel of John where Jesus foresees a day that's coming...

June 23, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: A Place of Rest Within Yourself

SAYING 60: [The saw] a Samaritan carrying a lamb as he went into Judaea....

May 2023

May 25, 2023

Embracing Mercerism: The Futuristic Religion of Philip K. Dick

In his novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, author Philip K. Dick imagines a...

May 05, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The Benefits of Spiritual Circumcision

Saying 53: His disciples said to him, “Is circumcision beneficial or not?” He said to...

May 01, 2023

Losing Faith. Finding Freedom.

This morning I realized something profound: I don't have faith anymore, I have freedom. Here's...

April 2023

April 29, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: He Who Lives In Your Presence

Saying 52: His disciples said to him, “Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and they...

April 20, 2023

The Shocking Truth About Jesus, Horus and Mithras

Let me start off by telling you a story first. See if you’ve heard...

April 15, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: The New World Has Already Come

Saying 51: His disciples said to him, ‘On what day will the repose of the...

April 07, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: We Come From The Light

Saying 50: Jesus said, “If they say to you, ‘Where do you come from?’, say...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Blessed Are The Whole Ones

Saying 49: Jesus said, “Blessed are the whole ones and the chosen for you...

March 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: If Two Make Peace

Saying 48: Jesus said, "If two make peace with one another within a single house...

March 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Riding Two Horses?

Saying 47: Jesus said, "A person cannot (at the same time) mount two horses...

March 10, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Becoming Little

Saying 46: Jesus said, "From Adam unto John the Baptist there has been none...

February 2023

February 24, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Neither On Earth Nor In Heaven

SAYING 44: Jesus said, "Whoever utters blasphemy against the father will be forgiven. And whoever...

February 21, 2023

The Kingdom Is Within You

“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he...

February 17, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Who Are You?

SAYING 43: His disciples said to him, "Who are you, since you say these things...

February 10, 2023

INNER CIRCLE: Come Into Being As You Pass Away

SAYING 42: Jesus said, “Come into being, as you pass away.” This is one of...