Posts tagged spiritual tool
A Day Away
Aug 20th
Maya Angelou writes in her book, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now, about something she calls “A Day Away”. The idea is simple: take a break from the world for an entire day. The results are often profound.
The process is simple.
1. Select a day. Put it on your calendar. Let people know you will [...]
Make The Downtimes A Blessing
Jul 16th
Have you ever heard someone say “well, that was really a blessing” when referring to some tragedy in their life? You know, they got injured in an accident or something. And, looking back on the experience, they express gratitude for it because it turned out to be a real blessing.
A friend of mine lost her [...]
I’ll Take The Clothes Off The Back Of A Lily Anyday
Jul 13th
My favorite passage in all of scripture is Jesus telling his followers that God loves them more than anything, that God will always be there to protect, provide, and care for them.
Consider the lilies of the field, he says. They do not want for fine clothes, yet they are clothed in all of God’s splendor. [...]
Have You Ever Been Robbed of Something?
Jul 9th
Like all good teachers, Jesus used vivid stories to illustrate his points, and like all good stories, they were meant for a specific audience, in a specific time, at a specific place, and with specific culture references and techniques. The preferred story of Jesus’ time for his audience was something called a parable.
Parables are unique [...]
Let Go Of My Ego
Jul 6th
At some point Jesus told us to deny ourselves. In fact, I think he may have said the actual words “Deny yourself.” There’s more to what he said than just that, but I want to focus on this concept of denying ourselves.
Jesus was speaking metaphysically, of course, and Christians have been trying to interpret it [...]
An Homage to My Troubled Childhood
Jul 3rd
As Julie Andrews once sang “somewhere in my youth or childhood….” It seems the Number One excuse we use in our daily lives has something to do with having a traumatic childhood.
“A bully beat me up.” “My parents were alcoholics.” “I was abused.” “I was abandoned.” “I was locked in a closet with a mountain [...]
This Blog Is Now Made With Natural Sugar
Jul 2nd
I’m joining the ranks of the super corporations of the planet. Pepsi, Starbucks, 7Up, “the big cereal monopolies”, heck even Snapple… they all agree: Natural Sugar is the way to go.
This opens the door to a Big Giant Question: Were they using UNnatural sugar before? Actually, they were using artificial sweeteners and “high fructose corn [...]
The Importance of “It Already Happened”
Jun 26th
Which would have the greater impact on your life right now?
1. Knowing that someone deposited $1 million into your bank account yesterday.
2. Knowing that someone will deposit $1 million into your bank account at an undetermined date in the future.
If you’re like me, chances are knowing that someone deposited money into your bank account yesterday [...]
What Do I Believe?
Jun 24th
People ask me everyday. What do I believe? I’ve thought about this question a lot. And I think it’s something everyone should answer. In writing. There is something about writing out your beliefs that makes you question where your beliefs come from, why you have them, and what they ultimately mean to you.
Whenever I would [...]
To Do: Centering Prayer
Jun 22nd
I have found the simplest and often most effective centering prayer, and a couple of variations of it, to be breathing.
Many ancient cultures (and quite a few people I meet today) believed that the breath is the holiest part. Our breath is God, spirit, and soul.
Find a quiet place. Sit with your feet flat on [...]
