Desire
Desire Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt on the topic of desire from Shanti Christo Foundation, The Way of Mastery, Part One: The Way of the Heart…. <read more…>
Spirituality of the Beatitudes
A Spirituality of the Beatitudes Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt from Franciscan monk, Richard Rohr. Drawing from his own Franciscan heritage and other wisdom traditions, Richard Rohr reframes neglected or misunderstood teachings to reveal….. <read more…>
This Moment Perfect Teacher
This Moment is the Perfect Teacher Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt from Pema Chodron’s book entitled When Things Fall Apart. Pema Chodron is an American Buddhist nun and student of Tibetan teacher Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche…. <read more…>
Nonjudgment
Nonjudgment Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt from Jennifer Hadley’s daily Spiritual Espresso blog for June 6, 2017 entitled “Living in Truth” (http://jenniferhadley.com/2017/06/truth/)…. <read more…>
Body, Mind, Spirit
Body, Mind, and Spirit Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt from Paramahansa Yogananda in Journey to Self-Realization Vol. 3 taken from a lecture delivered in 1929 entitled “Resurrection: Renewing and Transforming Your Body, Mind, and Spirit”…. <read more…>
Forgiveness
Forgiveness Weekly Blog Friends, This post comes from commentary on Lesson #22 of A Course in Miracles from http://www.circleofa.org. ACIM has a different view of forgiveness than we commonly understand…. <read more…>
The Christian Bible Alphabet Soup: ASV, CSB, CEB, ERV, ESB, GNT, KJV, NKJV, NIV, NLT, NRSV….
I have an interest in scripture from many traditions, and have always wondered about the many, many translations of the Bible. Why so many? How are they different? So I spent some time researching this to satisfy my curiosity. Since I spent a considerable amount of time collecting this information, I thought others might find it interesting as well. And so here it is:
Mercy
Mercy Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt of an interview from The Washington Post April 14 by Emily McFarlan Miller entitled: Anne Lamott: ‘I just think mercy is our only hope.’…. <read more…>
Relax
Relax Weekly Blog Friends, Here is something different this week – a song that reminds us who we are! The song is by Shaina Noll and is called, “You Can Relax Now” from her album, Songs for the Inner Child…. <read more…>
Order, Disorder, Reorder
Order, Disorder, Reorder Weekly Blog Friends, Here is an excerpt from an On Being interview of Fr. Richard Rohr discussing the value of suffering…. <read more…>