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The Perennial Tradition: Weekly Summary
The Perennial Tradition Summary: Sunday, August 11—Friday, August 16, 2019 If it is true, it is always from the one Holy Spirit. —Thomas Aquinas (Sunday) We are rediscovering the philosophia perennis, shared universal truth, and at a rather quick pace—God seems urgent at this point in our tragic history. (Monday) In every historical epoch and… Continue Reading The Perennial Tradition: Weekly Summary
Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Weekly Summary
Introduction to Christian Mysticism Summary: Sunday, July 14-Friday, July 19, 2019 A mystic is simply one who has moved from mere belief or belonging systems to actual inner experience of God. (Sunday) A mystic sees things in their wholeness, connection, and union, not only their particularity. Mystics get the whole gestalt in one picture, beyond the sequential and… Continue Reading Introduction to Christian Mysticism: Weekly Summary
Prophets: Part One: Weekly Summary
Prophets: Part One Summary: Sunday, June 30—Friday, July 5, 2019 A prophet is neither a fortune teller nor a foreteller. But many Christians assumed that the “Old Testament” was somehow a prophecy of our religion and of Jesus Christ. (Sunday) True prophets are almost always concerned with social, institutional, national, or corporate evil and our… Continue Reading Prophets: Part One: Weekly Summary
Love Is a Mirror
Conscious Love Love Is a Mirror Thursday, June 20, 2019 For true love is given to mirror and manifest God on earth, and not for self-realization and personal happiness. With the acceptance of those terms, the path comes into being. —Cynthia Bourgeault [1] Love is the ultimate reality. We can probably see this only through… Continue Reading Love Is a Mirror
God’s Temple
Meeting Christ Within Us God’s Temple Friday, May 31, 2019 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? —1 Corinthians 6:19 I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me. —Galatians 2:20 Phileena Heuertz… Continue Reading God’s Temple
Indwelling Spirit: Weekly Summary
Indwelling Spirit Summary: Sunday, May 19—Friday, May 24, 2019 When the Spirit is alive in people, they wake up from their mechanical thinking and enter the realm of co-creative power. (Sunday) I believe all of history has been the age of the Spirit. Creation just keeps unfolding. (Monday) The Holy Spirit shows up as the… Continue Reading Indwelling Spirit: Weekly Summary
Living in the Spirit
Indwelling Spirit Living in the Spirit Friday, May 24, 2019 In very real ways, soul, consciousness, love, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same. Each of these point to something that is larger than the individual, shared with God, ubiquitous, and even eternal—and then revealed through us! Holiness does not mean people are… Continue Reading Living in the Spirit
Implanted Hope
Indwelling Spirit Implanted Hope Sunday, May 19, 2019 God for us, we call you Father. God alongside us, we call you Jesus. God within us, we call you Holy Spirit. You are the eternal mystery that enables, enfolds, and enlivens all things, Even us and even me. Every name falls short of your goodness and… Continue Reading Implanted Hope
Heaven Now: Weekly Summary
Heaven Now Summary: Sunday, April 28—Friday, May 3, 2019 You’re choosing your destiny right now. Do you want to live in love and communion? Or do you want to live in constant opposition to others and life itself? (Sunday) Union is not a place we go to later—if we are good; union is the place… Continue Reading Heaven Now: Weekly Summary
Stumble and Fall
Dying Before You Die Stumble and Fall Sunday, March 31, 2019 Something in you dies when you bear the unbearable. And it is only in that dark night of the soul that you are prepared to see as God sees and to love as God loves. —Ram Das [1] Sooner or later, if you are… Continue Reading Stumble and Fall
