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The Parables of Jesus: Weekly Summary
Parables take us far beyond the safety zone of conventional morality into a world of radical reversal and paradox. Continue Reading The Parables of Jesus: Weekly Summary
Encountering God in the Bible: Weekly Summary
The marvelous anthology of books and letters called the Bible is for the sake of a love affair between God and the soul. Continue Reading Encountering God in the Bible: Weekly Summary
Reading with the Divine Presence
The Scriptures are one long love letter from God. Continue Reading Reading with the Divine Presence
Great Themes of Scripture: New Testament: Weekly Summary
Great Themes of Scripture: New Testament Saturday, July 10, 2021 Week Twenty-Seven Summary and Practice Sunday, July 4—Friday, July 9, 2021 Sunday The realm of God is right here, right now, in the present tense. The relationship with God’s love that sets us free is in our midst. The possibility of freedom, of a whole… Continue Reading Great Themes of Scripture: New Testament: Weekly Summary
The Transforming Power of Love: Weekly Summary
The Transforming Power of Love Saturday, November 14, 2020 Summary: Sunday, November 8—Friday, November 13, 2020 We have strayed so far from love; and yet, love is the essence of who we are, and how we are called to treat one another. (Sunday) Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the… Continue Reading The Transforming Power of Love: Weekly Summary
True Self/Separate Self: Weekly Summary
True Self/Separate Self Saturday, September 5, 2020 Summary: Sunday, August 30—Friday, September 4, 2020 Your True Self is a little tiny flame of this Universal Reality that is Life itself, Consciousness itself, Being itself, Love itself, Light and Fire itself, God’s very self. (Sunday) Thinking creates the separate self, the ego self, the insecure self.… Continue Reading True Self/Separate Self: Weekly Summary
Franciscan Way: Part Two: Weekly Summary
Franciscan Way: Part Two Summary: Sunday, October 6—Friday, October 11, 2019 This is the miracle of love: to discover that all creation is one, flung out into space by a God who is a Father, and that if you present yourself as [God] does, unarmed and peaceably, creation will recognize and meet you with a… Continue Reading Franciscan Way: Part Two: Weekly Summary
Jesus and the Bible: Weekly Summary
Jesus and the Bible Summary: Sunday, January 6-Friday, January 11, 2019 Just as the Bible takes us through many stages of consciousness and history, it takes us individually a long time to move beyond our need to be dualistic, judgmental, accusatory, fearful, blaming, egocentric, and earning—and to see as Jesus sees. (Sunday) Jesus consistently ignored… Continue Reading Jesus and the Bible: Weekly Summary
Jesus of Nazareth: Week 1 Summary
Jesus of Nazareth: Week 1 Summary: Sunday, January 14-Friday, January 19, 2018 Simply put, God reveals God’s self to us through what unfolds as our life, along with every visible thing around us. (Sunday) In Jesus, God was given a face and a heart. God became someone we could love. (Monday) How we see Jesus… Continue Reading Jesus of Nazareth: Week 1 Summary
Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation: Weekly Summary
Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation Summary: Sunday, July 9-Friday, July 14, 2017 Contemplation is the most radical form of self-surrender and kenosis (letting go). Self-forgetfulness ironically leads to a firm and fearless sense of responsibility. (Sunday) “To be fully human is to be recreated in the image of Christ’s humanity; and that humanity is the… Continue Reading Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation: Weekly Summary