The Scripture ~ Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it.” Ezra 10:4 The Spiritual focus ~ “With a new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”Eleanor Roosevelt The Devotion ~ Recently, a local church (United Methodist WBL) told the story of Holy Week…
The Practice of ~ Entering the story and experiencing the passion Today’s devotion is structured a little differently. Today we will spend our opening breath work listening and practicing contemplative prayer. Four scriptures will be read, two times, with time between each reading for you to locate yourself in the Holy Week story. The scriptures…
The Scripture ~ “ I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10 The Practice of ~ Opening to an abundant life. The Spiritual Focus ~ Whatever we are waiting for – peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance – it will surely come to us, but…
The Scripture ~ I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:4 The Spiritual Focus ~ I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. Rev. Martin…
The Scripture ~ “so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which God has called you, what are the riches of God’s glorious inheritance among the saints,” Ephesians 1:18 The Spiritual Focus ~ “Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving…
The Scripture ~ And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21 The Spiritual Focus ~ “Let us be silent so we may hear the whispers of God.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The…
The Scripture ~ God, who breathes life into earth’s people, makes them alive with his own life: To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God. Isaiah 42: 5 & 7 The Spiritual Focus ~ Your eyes have…
Week of February 7, 2016 The Scripture ~ Moses face shone with the reflected glory of God after he received the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai. The sight caused the Israelites to be afraid, so Moses wore a veil to mask the radiance of God’s glory, taking it off when he spoke directly to God. Exodus…
Week of Sunday January 31, 2016 The Scripture ~ Oh give thanks to the Lord for s/he is good, Gods mercy endures forever. Psalm 136:1 NKJV The Spiritual focus ~ From Fr Richard Rohr in his meditation, “A Santa Claus God” I recently visited the 9/11 Memorial at the site of the Twin Towers in New York…
Sunday January 24, 2016 The Scripture ~ “The teaching of the Lord revives the soul.” Psalm 19:7 The Spiritual Focus ~ “Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.” Ralph Waldo Emerson The Devotion ~ One of the most powerful experiences most of us have as students of yoga, is…