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"You get a feeling of inner spirituality... finding that Christ really does live within you." (UCC member)
Submitted by admin on Sun, 08/12/2012 - 12:03pm
Think Small
Throughout the Bible, we read of the subtle power of small things.
In I Kings, the prophet Elijah sent his servant to look for a rain cloud seven times. At last, the servant said he saw a little cloud as small as a man’s hand coming up from the sea. Elijah told him to hurry, because the rain was coming. Sure enough in only a moment, “the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain fell.”
Submitted by admin on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 12:00pm
This Prayers 4 U
Jesus, our Wayshower, taught us how to pray with and for one another. He said: “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven” (Matthew 6:9).
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 12:00pm
Our Wayshower
On the journey of Life, Jesus – the Great Example – goes before me and shows me the way.
When the road seems long and winding, steep and rough – Christ, the Wayshower, makes my way straight and smooth.
The I Am – the Christ indwelling each and all – is the only way, the truth, and the life.
The Christ – the I Am within me – is my Wayshower, my saving grace.
Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 6:48pm
Go Inside to Find Your God
The Book of Jonah is a classic example of a soul trying to escape following through with divine guidance. God told him to go to Nineveh and preach the word of God, and he got on a ship and went in another direction, instead.
I learn from the story of Jonah and resolve instead to follow God’s guidance.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 12:07pm
Blessed by the Rain
Even if a “flood” of seeming troubles appears in my life, I call it a “cleansing.”
When I “go with the flow,” challenges always bring me to a higher place.
When I pray for a sign, God sends me a sign – the promise of inner peace.
I give thanks for the rainbows that can only come through the blessing of the rain.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 12:12pm
Lost and Found
This lesson speaks to the heart: it is taken from the Book of Psalms and from the lyrics to a song by Tom Kimmel. The title says it all: “No One Gets to Heaven If Anybody Else Is Left Behind.”
“How many say of me, ‘God will not save that one,’ But you, LORD, are a shield around me; my glory, you keep my head high” (Ps. 3).
Submitted by admin on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 11:54am
Getting Free
At the core of Jesus’ ministry in the gospels is the goal of “getting free.”
Imagine the impact of His words when He read from scripture with unmistakable conviction: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me . . . . He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives . . . to let the oppressed go free” (Luke 4:18).
His words help me to get free as I accept His timeless teachings.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 12:11pm
Inside Job
Jesus taught about spirituality as an “inside job.” It’s not what I eat that makes me pure; what’s “eating me” must be purified. My spirituality is an inside job.
It’s not rituals and religious practices that make me holy. My spirituality is an inside job.
Submitted by admin on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 11:57am
Who Does the Dishes
Who does the dishes? I do!
Here are some useful rules for true “spiritual housekeeping:”
I wash the dishes by washing the inside first: as I hold cleansing thoughts of purity and harmony, my outward “house” is also in order.
When mending is to be done, I release outworn thinking; I think wholeness and renewal, and the healing work is lasting and complete.