Eternally Connected

“You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.”― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations We are all created in the image and likeness of God. Our bodies breathe the breath of God. Yet we choose to focus on our differences, making some “right” and some “wrong. We live lives of lonely desperation not realizing thatContinue reading “Eternally Connected”

June Wrap Up

I am going to wrap up June by revisiting some of Bob’s words from his post that started us off this month. “So get out there and tell your dream. Write your story. Write your songs, or sing them. Be the co-creator you were meant to be. Paint those pictures, draw those scenes, carve thoseContinue reading “June Wrap Up”

Building for God’s Kingdom

“What you do in the present—by painting, preaching, singing, sewing, praying, teaching, building hospitals, digging wells, campaigning for justice, writing poems, caring for the needy, loving your neighbor as yourself—will last into God’s future. These activities are not simply ways of making the present life a little less beastly, a little more bearable, until theContinue reading “Building for God’s Kingdom”

Walk Toward Me

“Jesus is not saying, “Make sure you pray a prayer of repentance, start going to church, and wait for Me to come back.” He is saying, “You can live a radically different life because there’s a new world order that just broke in, so stop walking in the direction you’re going, turn 180 degrees, andContinue reading “Walk Toward Me”

The Kingdom is Right Here

“The kingdom, Jesus taught, is right here–present yet hidden, immanent yet transcendent. It is at hand–among us and beyond us, now and not-yet. The kingdom of heaven, he said, belongs to the poor, the meek, the peacemakers, the merciful, and those who hunger and thirst for God. It advances not through power and might, butContinue reading “The Kingdom is Right Here”

Where we Belong

“If we only had eyes to see and ears to hear and wits to understand, we would know that the Kingdom of God in the sense of holiness, goodness, beauty is as close as breathing and is crying out to born both within ourselves and within the world; we would know that the Kingdom ofContinue reading “Where we Belong”

Already Here

“Jesus said, ‘The Kingdom of God is within’ and ‘I only say what I hear the Father saying and I only do what I see the Father doing’. Therefore, It is something we experience, articulate, and do. The Kingdom of God is already here but not yet fully realized.”― R. Alan Woods, The Journey Is The Destination:Continue reading “Already Here”