Advent Season: Peace

Peace on Earth

The shepherd as a symbol of God's loving care and protection is a constant through Old and New Testament  alike.  In Ezekiel 34, paralleling David and Jesus, God berates the shepherds (leaders) of Israel for their self-serving behavior.

Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves. The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed the sick, nor bound up the broken. I will save my flock. I will establish one shepherd over them.  He shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I their Lord, will be their God.  I will make a covenant of peace with them and they will dwell safely.  http://wp.me/pAxFP-8Y

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Spiritual Economics

Prove Me Now!     
                                                                                                      
How many times have we heard Prove Me Now! both as an invitation and as a challenge to come up higher?  Is it a call to higher service or a demand that we put the church first as an obligation rather than a blessing?  The original tithe was a temple tax, not unlike our modern income tax and most of us would be delighted to pay just 10% of our taxable income.  http://wp.me/pAxFP-89
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Spiritual Economics

Rise and Look Around You!
A true prosperity consciousness is one built upon a wholistic approach to life and living, celebrating the harmony of body, mind and spirit with the natural world.  There is no you, there is no me, there is no it --no separation in Spirit.  It is in this consciousness  of oneness that we find wholeness.  And it is in this conscious that we begin to create opportunities for right outcomes in our lives and in our world.  http://wp.me/pAxFP-7n
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My Heart is a Chapel

Myrtle Fillmore’s Healing Letters and Prayer

The difference between blind faith and understanding faith is significant because choosing one over the other directly impacts the way in which we relate to God.  A Unity minister once explained it this way:  In Unity we don’t teach you what to think,  but how to think. Rather than an unknowable God out there, we believe in the power and presence of God indwelling.

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Retreat: Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Wisdom of the Christian Mystics

This past weekend I attended a retreat at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers,  GA.   A friend of mine attended a retreat there  this past spring and absolutely loved it. The grounds are lovely, the rooms and food are simple and the monks' choir is out of   this world.  Because of the heat,  I only explored the grounds during the first hour after sunrise.  I would love to return again for the Contemplative Prayer Retreat. 

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