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Tuesday, August 27th, 2019

Every morning I have a choice to make for the day. Will I be filled with the world or be filled with the Holy Spirit? Will my to do list dictate my thoughts and behavior or will I allow the Holy Spirit to guide them? Will I set the course for my ship this day […]

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

The spiritual realm, on the other hand, is available to those who accept the saving grace of Jesus Christ and choose to be a spiritual person instead of a natural self. These are those who pledge their allegiance to God and His Son, Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. As God serves […]

Monday, May 27th, 2019

Jesus said that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart and will all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength, and love your neighbors as yourself. Frederick Buechner indicates this is easier said than done. “The difficulty is increased when you realize that […]

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

I haven’t posted for quite some time. There are two reasons for that. Reason Number One: I was in Ireland the first part of April, returning home April 17. It was a wonderful trip. The highlight arrived on a day I wandered by St. Paul’s Church on Arron Quay (pronounced key) in Dublin and sought […]

Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

God is Holy, and I am not. He is the pure, intense fire that I see in the fireplace downstairs, and I am corrupted by sin in my natural self. If I come to close to Him, I will burn up. His Son, Jesus Christ is Holy, and I am not. He came to earth […]

Friday, January 11th, 2019

Yesterday, my wife and I went to Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis with good friends. I’ve been there many times before but have never sat in the balcony. For the first time, I could see the entire orchestra, how it’s arranged, and every single musician and instrument. The first tier of musicians and instruments is the […]

Friday, January 4th, 2019

Do you know Jesus? Do you really know Him – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in that place you call “me”? Do you know Him there? Do you see Him in every nook and cranny? Do you hear Him in the […]

Friday, November 16th, 2018

Rise, let us go away from here.  John 14:31 In this chapter, Jesus tells me all about Himself and the Holy Spirit, as He speaks to the 12 apostles reclining around the table at the Last Supper. I am in the lower level of our townhome sitting in front of the fireplace, soon to rise […]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018

“Do you know Me?” says the Lord. “Do you really know Me – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in the place you call ‘me.’ Do you know Me there? “Do you see Me in every nook and cranny? Do you hear […]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2018

There is a divine stream of consciousness that courses throughout this world, like the air itself, invisible but omnipresent, flowing through every person, permeating every event and circumstance, encompassing the trees and the rocks, present in sickness and in health and in the loss of a job. Who can hear it but those whose ears […]