Sharing the Ascension Experience
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: There was a time in my life when pattern recognition consisted of little more than realizing I had repeatedly uttered the same expletive as I slammed the same toe against the same leg of the same coffee table. But when I began to develop … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: Thomas Jefferson once wrote: “We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as for civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.” With each passing generation there is a renewed … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: The highest expression of human freedom is to fulfill our first, best destiny. This is achieved through consecration of our individual, personal will to that of the divine, that unifying and coordinating quality of Deity. God’s will is expressed as “Be you perfect even … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: In his 1989 Feeling Good Handbook, Dr. David Burns described what he termed Cognitive Distortions. The target demographic for the doctor’s book was anyone that might be suffering from bouts of depression. He wrote that “We all tend to think in extremes…and when traumatic events happen … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: Could an individual attempting to navigate without the benefit of rudder, charts, sextant, knowledge of atmospheric and sea conditions or familiarity with his or her craft truly be called its master? Or, would the graduating class of 1492 vote such a person “most likely … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: The Book of Wisdom is one of the seven wisdom books comprising the Septuagint. The others are Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (Song of Solomon), Job, and Sirach. The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon is included in the canon of … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: When the Son of God descended to experience the human condition as the Son of Man; in weakness made powerful by faith-submission to the will of Our Father, he directly confronted the Arch Deceiver. Our entire universe of principalities and powers, clearly and forever … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: As his executioners were nailing his hands to the crossbeam, Jesus said: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” For those with questions about forgiveness and mercy in the absence of repentance, the big answers are, of course, found in prayer. … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: While attention to detail is a good thing, every nurseryman will tell you, rot is often the result of over-feeding or over-watering. Now it may be useful to dwell on this particular axiom for a moment because it lends itself well to the case … Read more
Listen to the Audio and/or Subscribe to the Podcast Full Transcript: One of the things those called to ministry do is an exercise called The River of Life. In it we are asked: “If you were able to compare your life with a river, what would the river look like?” The exploration became even more meaningful … Read more