Some people are so heavenly-minded that they are no earthly good.
04140 – Some People…
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04073 – Called to Peace
The followers of Christ have been called to peace ... And they must not only have peace but make it. And to that end they renounce all violence and tumult. In the cause of Christ nothing is to be gained by such methods ... His disciples keep the peace by choosing to...
04035 – Consecration: Make Holy
When you take on the confusion and the violence and you refine them, purify them into something new, you are doing what in the vocabulary of faith we call consecrating your chaos. To consecrate is to make holy, to put it into service for good.
04005 – “Tired”
I am so tired of waiting. Aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two - and see what worms are eating at the rind.
03988 – A Never-Ending Search
While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task. from God is in the Manger
03981 – Give Love, Recieve Love
There is a lovely idea in the Celtic tradition that if you send out goodness from yourself, or if you share that which is happy or good within you, it will all come back to you multiplied ten thousand times. In the kingdom of love there is no competition, there is no...
03863 – Acknowledging Unseen Goodness
Let us pause to acknowledge the unseen goodness around us. We may not see it, but it is always here – a small universe of kindness and compassion – lived out around us every day, unseen but constant. People helping, people caring, people listening. The creators of...
03746 – Different Modes of Excellence
We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of...
03723 – Still, Small Voice
"Be afraid, be very afraid," say the loud, noisy voices around us. "Do not fear, do not be afraid, for I am with you," says the still, small voice within us. Sometimes still and small is really good, really good indeed.
03607 – Forgiveness Sets You Free
Forgiveness is not pretending evil never happened, and it is not calling evil good. Forgiveness is setting yourself free by not giving others the power to hurt you again every time you think about them. from Gray Matters