Reflection of the Week - 5th July 2022
By the time Luke’s gospel was written (after A.D. 60), the church had entered a new generation of believers. They had limited memories of its start and development.
By the time Luke’s gospel was written (after A.D. 60), the church had entered a new generation of believers. They had limited memories of its start and development.
With so many competing messages, rules, expectations, and demands, it is often hard to hear God’s voice clearly.
Advocate, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, Wisdom, Spirit of God, Holy Spirit, wind, breath, fire – across our Bible and within our Christian traditions, we experience many aspects of the Spirit.
Have you ever had an experience so incredible that when you tried to explain it to someone else, words didn’t really suffice?
There are many different types and ways of prayer but essentially, it is about relationship with God. He talks with us sharing His heart, and we talk with Him, sharing our hearts.
Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude, we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.
Contemplation is the practice of being fully present—in heart, mind, and body—to what is in a way that allows you to creatively respond and work toward what could be.
Contemplation is the practice of being fully present—in heart, mind, and body—to what is in a way that allows you to creatively respond and work toward what could be.
We freely roam through our life, exploring and learning with the wonders before us that feed our minds and soul.
If violence is met by violence, the world will fall into a spiral of violence.
When Jesus spoke the words ‘This is my Body,’ I believe he was speaking not just about the bread right in front of him, but about the whole universe, about every thing that is physical, material, and yet also spirit-filled.
Jesus’ call throughout his teaching resounds with holding firm to faith in God.
We are only grateful people when we can say thank you to all that has brought us to the present moment.
The Easter season is a time of hope. There still is fear, there still is a painful awareness of sinfulness, but there also is light breaking through.
The Body of Christ, the spiritual family, is God’s strategy. It is both medium and message. It is both beginning and end ...
Meeting the Risen Christ on the road to Damascus changed everything for Paul. He experienced the great paradox that the crucified Jesus was in fact alive!
This is the season for a Psalm. These sacred songs, or poems to be sung, have been voiced over millennia, echoing emotions that reflect living life in all its fullness.
For millennia, God’s voice echoes the call to live gently on the earth, with righteous justice and peace-filled relationships.
It’s only when we find ourselves in God, and live and see through God’s eyes that ‘everything belongs.’
Trust and hope are two words we have heard a great deal in recent times, and I am sure that they will be priority words in the election seasons ahead.