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Tag Archives: Sacrament

A Sacramental Reality: Weekly Summary

The bread and the wine together are stand-ins for the very elements of the universe. Continue Reading A Sacramental Reality: Weekly Summary

A Cosmic Icon

Everything is in some way sacramental. All depends on the receptiveness and openness of our hearts. Continue Reading A Cosmic Icon

Sacramental Vision

The more we cultivate intimacy with the natural world, the more we discover about God’s presence. Continue Reading Sacramental Vision

Where God Meets Us

God is in the business of transforming ordinary things into holy things. Continue Reading Where God Meets Us

The Body of the Cosmos

We are not just humans having a God experience. Continue Reading The Body of the Cosmos

Real Presence

When Jesus spoke the words “This is my Body,” I believe he was speaking about the whole universe. Continue Reading Real Presence

The Sacramental Principle

The spiritual journey proceeds with ever-greater circles of inclusion into the One Holy Mystery! Continue Reading The Sacramental Principle

Christ Means “Anointed”: Weekly Summary

Christ Means “Anointed” Summary: Sunday, April 7—Friday, April 12, 2019 This entire world is soaked through and through with Christ, with divinity, like an electron planted in every atom. (Sunday) The word we translate from the Greek as “Christ” comes from the Hebrew word mesach, meaning “the anointed” one or Messiah. Christ reveals that all… Continue Reading Christ Means “Anointed”: Weekly Summary

The Sacrament of Anointing

Christ Means “Anointed” The Sacrament of Anointing Tuesday, April 9, 2019 The human need for physical, embodied practices seems universal. Across Christian history, the “Sacraments,” as Orthodox and Catholics call them, have always been with us. Before the age of literacy started to spread in Europe in the sixteenth century, things like pilgrimage, prayer beads,… Continue Reading The Sacrament of Anointing

The Sacrament of the Present Moment

Nondual Consciousness The Sacrament of the Present Moment Sunday, August 14, 2016 Only unitive, nondual consciousness can open our hearts, minds, and bodies to actually experience God. Ultimate Reality cannot be seen with any dualistic operation of the mind, where we divide the field of the moment and eliminate anything mysterious, confusing, unfamiliar, or outside… Continue Reading The Sacrament of the Present Moment

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