Category: spirituality

Keep the spam out!

September 25, 2006 | 2 comments

How well do you keep the spam of mortal mind out of your thinking? You know what spam in your email inbox looks like–unsolicited advertisements, vendors hawking wares, purveyors of illicit material, rants and raves of fanatics, junk, garbage, and

You already have it

September 21, 2006 | 1 comment

Have you ever worried about not having enough,–enough money, enough company, enough understanding, or enough patience? Fear not. God knows what you need before you ask him, Jesus reminded his followers. And He supplies the need in abundance. But not

Does God want us to be rich?

September 19, 2006 | 3 comments

It’s the feature article in Time magazine this week. Many popular preachers in mainstream America today preach a prosperity gospel, the lead article claims, promising health and wealth to those who follow their church’s teachings. The reporters query as to

Are you or God doing the talking?

September 15, 2006 | 2 comments

Found an excellent piece by Linda Douty on silencing all the noise in our head that prevents us from hearing the voice of God. She points out that external commotion is only one distraction to spiritual communion with the divine.

Life not in a shell

September 14, 2006 | 1 comment

I’m going to conduct a funeral service today for a family in town whose patriarch passed on this weekend. In looking for words of comfort to assure my audience their beloved family member is still alive and well I thought