The deer or stag in First-Nation American spirituality can represent a call to self-compassion and compassion for others. It is a peaceful animal, gentle unless defending. So am I, I guess. I try to be.
As you near the end of your stewardship season, what still needs to be done?
In the end, it is the same day with darkness and light. It is the same week with Sabbath and work. It is the same tree with Winter and Summer. It is the same Church which blesses and harms.
Doing math isnt un-spiritual, every church needs to make make the endowment of each pledge a top priority in the next five years.
A convert tells the story of her journey; “My shocking radical turn, the most practical decision of my life, entailed breaking away from the only reality I had ever known, the collective conversation of which I was a part.”
It is good to stand by as things are being transformed by fire. It is a mystical process. Everything is changing and yet only the fires move
What might happen if we listened to the small quiet voice of the divine?
The Seraphim, a level of angelic beings in Christianity and Judaism which fly around God’s throne crying out “Holy, Holy, Holy” are equated with fire because of the passion with which they encourage the unveiling of God’s Kingdom.
Jesus came to us as “The Word” not as ‘The thought.” So words must be important. Manage them with great care.
This film tells the story of two friends and their unique and grace-filled journey on the Camino pilgrimage