Our lives can be described through the language of pictorial depiction
So can humankind’s relation to our Creator-God, often with conviction
I was shopping for a college to attend and my school counselor gave my name and address to Immaculate Heart College. Just old enough to realize my heart was not immaculate? How could this be the right college for a young leftish wannabe political activist Who spoke no Catholic?
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New images arise out of the death of old images so do not be afraid of the wilderness or of the dying.
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Because the earth is all around
The earth I cannot see
Because I use my eyes to look
My eyes are lost to me
It’s simply a magnetic pointer that swivels on a pivot Northerly it leads us and there’s confidence we give it Called a “compass” that points us in the right direction But where we go needs some thoughtful …
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“God,” our creator — it’s really just a human-given name Humbly self-described in the book of Genesis as “I am” The source of life known to the ancients, likely not tangibly seen Stories of a burning bush …
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1. Every apparently static order is but a temporary illusion.
2. The illusion of the order and the reality of the chaos.
I believe in a mysterious impulse, where the essence of peace restores what is good
I believe in healing love that grows through faith to create joy
In most conservative Christian circles, the importance of belief is talked about
“You’ve got to see God like we see Him — for salvation, you can’t do without!”
Practice noticing what is humorous and on reflection you will be able to fill your life with laughter.
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THEME The Complexities of Spirituality
THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION
Instead of concentrating on what we think is wrong with other world religions, our time could be spent more profitably on identifying what we have in common.
May awareness be my companion, love my friend and amazement my expectation.
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More and more and then some more
is nothing more than more.
More is rarely better.
More is simply more.
I walk along the wooded path
that leads to a sacred spot
flooded with the past,
drenched in the present,
and spilling over into the future.
In this lyrical, Quaker retelling of the New Testament saga, readers are invited in to experience the resonant silences in the written record by joining the storytelling carpenter Yeshu, his young neighbors Daavi and Shoshana, and a band of fellow seekers as they travel through wilderness, village, and city in search of what is divine and what it means to be human.
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ARROWS OF LIGHT is the fourth collection of meditations by Steven Charleston. He writes these brief spiritual reflections spontaneously each morning during a time of prayer. They are in a language that speaks to people of all faith traditions.
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Kate Tempest performs her poem ‘End Times’
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THEME Two Faces of the One God –the One Life Force
THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION
1. Darkness is the womb of the light, nothingness the womb of all things.
