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January 2018

January 08, 2018

Don’t worry about tomorrow!

Jesus in Mathew 6:34 wants to encourage us, "Don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will...

January 06, 2018

The Treasure Peace of Mind

We search for the mysterious treasure peace of mind an elusive gift nearly impossible to...

January 04, 2018

It’s time to move on!

We all would like to know when we should risk moving on to a new...

January 01, 2018

Bread of Heaven

A beautiful depiction is the Son of God as the Bread of Heaven who comes...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Peace of Mind and Heart

Our minds are like a war zone with thoughts ready to attack at any time...

December 20, 2017

God is one of us!

For some, it is the outer edge of folly, and for others, it is the...

December 15, 2017

Letting Go of Suffering

Much of the suffering we experience is the result of trying to cling and hold...

November 2017

November 23, 2017

Divine Partakers

1 Corinthians 15:20 “But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of...

November 01, 2017

Who am I?

The quest to answer "Who am I?" is shrouded in mystery for it is a...

September 2017

September 04, 2017

A Whisper in the Wilderness

The Holy Spirit whispers the Word of Life to us in the wasteland of our...

August 2017

August 22, 2017

Loneliness, the Despair of Being Alone!

We all struggle with the feeling of being isolated and detached from everything around us...

August 19, 2017

The Day I saw God Everywhere!

One day my eyes opened, and I saw God everywhere I looked. When I say...

August 18, 2017

A Home for Christ in the Silence

The silence centers my innermost being on making a home in my heart for the...

August 04, 2017

A Mindful Awareness of the Kingdom of God

The Holy Spirit waits for us to release and let go of the distractions...

August 01, 2017

A Moment of Awakening!

Surely God is in this Place, and I didn’t even know it Jacob laments after...

July 2017

July 03, 2017

You are Accepted!

Twentieth-century theologian Paul Tillich penned an essay titled, "You are Accepted." Those three life-altering words...

June 2017

June 25, 2017

A Return to the Father

Since the beginning of time mysteriously hidden in our souls is the deep seeded longing...

June 13, 2017

A five dollar meal and unexpected blessing!

One Tuesday night I stopped at a Waffle House in southern Tennessee, and there were...

June 03, 2017

Prayer Breathes Life

Prayer lifts our hearts and souls to sail above our stale and old way...

May 2017

May 28, 2017

Eternity is Now not in the Future

There is the misconception in our minds that eternity is waiting for us sometime in...

May 12, 2017

The Grip of Fear

We are always searching for an answer to give us a feeling of security in...

May 10, 2017

The Stillness of the Heart

When we take the time to still our heart, we discover how many of our...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Dreams of God

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place,...

April 21, 2017

A Pause in Time

If a moment of time could be suspended in our life, we might then grasp...

April 14, 2017

The Resurrection a Return to the Father

The Resurrection triumphantly declares the Father has and never will forsake nor desert us. As...

April 04, 2017

A Prayer of Transformation based on Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

Love God and Love one another!

In Mathew twenty-two Jesus was responding to a question about what is the greatest commandment...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

The Goal of Contemplative Prayer

The goal of contemplative prayer is to help us detach from the thoughts that fill...

February 18, 2017

Mystics see beyond this world!

The mystic in prayer contemplates their entire soul and being is in union with God,...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

January 20, 2017 A Day of Reflection!

On August 10, 1974, a Marine Corps captain was conducting an inspection of the platoon...

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