MORE ON FAMILY
In yesterday’s Journal entry I wrote about family from a couple of perspectives, both biological, relationships closer than family and spiritual family. Another observation concerning […]
Journals
FAMILY BY BLOOD
Family is strong word…especially if the family is strong. But family can mean more if it is more. G. Michael Hopf, author, wrote, “Family is […]
KNOWING OURSELVES
Carl Jung (1875-1961) influential Swiss psychiatrist, on the value of knowing yourself:“The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the […]
THE DEAD FIG TREE
There is a powerful parable in Matthew 21 concerning the withered fig tree. It appears the dead fig tree is a dead religious system. “In […]
JESUS’ FIRST SERMON
Just after Jesus returned from the Wilderness temptations, he settled in Capernaum (North end of The Sea of Galilee) in the region of Zebulun and […]
OVER ALL THINGS
Hildebert of Lavardin (1055 -1133) French priest and theologian wrote: “God is over all things, under all things;outside all;within, but not enclosed;without, but not excluded;above, but […]
AWE AND WONDER
Psychologist Dacher Keltner, writes that we experience awe and wonder in seven locations in life: “Nature: Encounters with the vastness, complexity, or beauty of the […]
WHOSOEVER WILL
John, an apostle, wrote, “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come.And let him that is athirst come. […]
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) professor and author wrote:‘The Fruit of the Spirit in Our Lives’ “Outwardly, life in the Spirit manifests itself in two ways. Gifts […]