I like music of all kinds. I love going to the symphony, the ballot, broadway, and concerts. I truly love to watch the performers and the gifts God has given them. Just as much, if not more, I enjoy the orchestra or band. I love to try to pick out and hear only one instrument…
So many people look for happiness in the wrong places. I have come to an understanding in my everyday life that everything we experience transcends our being. We must come to know that, through art – music – love – sex – nature – relationships, there is God beyond the thing. We have to understand…
Jesus and most other great spiritual teachers make it clear that there is a self that has to be found and one that has to be let go of or “renounced.” The only way to lasting peace is to renounce the part of you that leads you away from love. Ego is the problem. Ego…
I use the phrase often to tell someone how good the food is. “Its like sex on a plate”. Most every time the server laughs rather loud and more often then not they say “we will have to remember that one”. This last weekend the server was rather smug about it and tried to act…
I loved her from the minute I first saw her. Before I knew her heart. Before I knew her soul. Before I knew her spirit. Before I even knew her name. She simply walked into the room and my complete heart was hers for the taking. No matter what she did. How she was. The…
The true self is the Divine Indwelling, the Holy Spirit within us. The true self is precisely the divine part of us that is great enough, deep enough, gracious enough to fully accept the human part of us.—Richard Rohr My life, your life, the life of everyone on this planet is formed and shaped by…
As a young teenager my father took me Snow Skiing. I was instantly hooked and from that point forward my love for the mountains has always been. Colorado brings peace to my soul and warmth to my heart. As I spend time skiing there is one thing that has always intrigued me. As you ride…
So many things in our lives warrant our trust. As I sit typing this I am leaning back against my studio chair. As I sat down this evening, the thought never crossed my mind as to whether it will hold me up, as I lean against its back. The most trust worthy thing we have…
We had gone to one of our usual breakfast places. I saw her shirt from across the seating area. It simply said “The church hurt you… not Jesus”. I wonder if Jesus looks upon our churches, and their leaders, as he did the Pharisees. The leaders of the Jewish church where fixated on following rules…
Imagine what would happen if today… this very minute… everyone on earth started to accept others the way they are. If everyone in all countries… in all churches… in all families, accepted others without judgement or condemnation. What if everyone saw themselves as part of the human race instead of just part of a country…