Touchpoints on Spiritual Growth (Page 2)
Isaiah, Jesus and Eddie Haskell
Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. Luke 12: 32-34 eddie’s shenanigans According to…
Natural Abundance
For one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.
Fearless Prayer
Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. The disciples ask Jesus how to pray. When you pray, say:Father may your name be revered as holy.May your kingdom come.Give us each day our daily bread.And forgive us our sins,for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.And do not bring us to the time of trial. Luke 11:1-13 ask, it will be given And he said to them, suppose one of you has…
Wanted For No Good Reason
Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. Sit with me in this moment. Tell her, then, to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things, but few things are needed—indeed only one.” Luke 10:38-42 different temperaments My mom was definitely a Martha in personality. The kid in me wants to yell, “yahoo, Jesus said I don’t have to help In kitchen!” This story of…
Parable of the Neighbor
Grace to you from the Mystery in whom we live and breathe and have our being. Who is my neighbor? Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan If this parable we’re laying on the side of the road, stripped and beaten of its deep message of radical compassion…
Into All Truth
“The canvas of hues and the wisdom of the unknown were no longer my companions. I became eternally hungry and thirsty for more of the fruit that never quenched the desire for belonging.”
Grooted in Love
“It’s a very tender and moving scene and I said to Andi, “This is it! This is the answer I’ve been seeking as to the reason Jesus breathed on the disciples in the Upper Room!
The instructions Jesus leaves with the disciples and us, and what he did in the Upper Room is symbolic of Jesus connecting all of us. We are one in Spirit! Rooted in Christ! There is the connection we are longing for.”
House to home
those who have deeply welcomed me will attend to my utterings.” John 14:23-29 23Jesus said to Judas (not Iscariot), “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me. 25“I have said these things to you while…
Glory, Glorify, Glorified
“I don’t know about you, but I understand the scripture “Christ in me the hope of glory” better now. For me, it means Christ is in me and you, that we may manifest the power and peace of God.”
One Shepherd Many Voices
John 10:22-30 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered, “I have told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me; but you…
Be Loved
John 21:14-17 This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes,…
Dinner Party
John 12:1-8 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the…