When we turn to our Creator, we are shown merciful love. Love fills our heart leaving little room for fear. Gone are the thoughts that I am separated from the Spirit that lives in me.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Threads of Faith.”When we see the weakest treated unjustly, the marginalized taken advantage of, the most vulnerable violated, it tears away at our belief in a god of justice. But God knows and sees all. My hope lies in knowing and believing that all wrongs will be righted.
Continue reading “Week 44. Living Justly. Making Wrongs Right.”When faithfulness is our standard, we are more likely to sustain our engagement with tasks that will never end: doing justice, loving mercy, and calling the beloved community into being. We must make “Love one another as I have loved you” (John 13:34) the foundation of national respect, the standard of our national discernment, the bedrock of both our personal relationships and a civilized society. According to CAC faculty member Brian McLaren and Gareth Higgins, six narratives have been driving forces in human history:
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary.”The spirit of faithfulness is manifest when we give others their due, have an attitude of faith and always seek to know and live God’s will for our lives. We are given the gift of faith; however, most of us have to work to find this gift. When I put my agenda aside, seek God’s will, and surrender to the call, I live a good life the way it was designed.
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. It’s Simple. “We are told that if we had faith the size of a mustard seed, we could uproot a mulberry tree and plant it in the sea. The lesson in this parable is something simple: faith is power. When our lives are aligned to God, we become conduits of enormous power, bringing justice into our world.
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. Faith is Power.”Are you faithful to the truth?
In a world that creates confusion, where the choices and amount of information can be overwhelming…whose voice do you listen for? Whose voice do you hear? The voice of truth always draws us towards justice and belief in God’s universal goodness.
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. Committed to Truth.”God, through Christ, came to heal the body and spirit. As believers, our mission is to carry on this message today. Each new day allows us to see new ways we are being healed.
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. Each New day.”
Am I living appropriately according to my time? Am I living justly, serving God and one another in this season of my life? Am I keeping my divine appointment, answering the call to faithfulness?
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. Appointed. “Wisdom teaches me that God as a presence protects me and I am sustained in all things. This is the mystery of life when I know the presence of God, which is intimately hidden, carrying me through whatever I may face, every moment of my life up to, through death and beyond.
Continue reading “Week 43. Faithfulness. A Thousandfold.”
To have a posture of Faith, we must always be seeking. We must constantly turn our minds and hearts towards God in prayer and gratitude. We must be concerned with what is in our heart. I must be concerned with form and substance. Until my second half of life, it seems I was concerned more with form, how I dressed and looked, the house or neighborhood I lived in. But this lack of substance left me empty and searching for more. God was drawing me towards substance and towards goodness.
Continue reading “Week 42. Always Seeking. Looking for God’s Goodness and Weekly Reflection Summary.”
Smitten With Goodness 