PASSION & COMPASSION

PASSION & COMPASSION Pierre Abélard was a French scholar and monk, who lived at the turn of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.  He is better known for his love affair with Heloïse than for his Spiritual teachings.  However, he was one of the most prominent...

AN OPEN HEART

AN OPEN HEART Charlotte was the daughter of a preacher.  She found Jesus and gave herself to him at the age of 14 and her daddy baptized her into the faith.  She often talked about that event as being born again.  However, the path that her life took led her to...

BREATHE IN THE LOVE-LIGHT

BREATHE IN THE LOVE-LIGHT As I started graduate school, Bishop Richard C. Raines appointed me to a small congregation in Hobart, Indiana.  It had only 73 members, was formerly a Swedish speaking congregation, and was experiencing hard times.  They were behind in their...

GIFT OF NEW LIFE

GIFT OF NEW LIFE Easter The Lottery Bill and Rebecca were once the typical American Middle Class family with two children and a promise to one day start on a Spiritual Journey.  However, they fell on hard times.  Bill lost his job as an executive in a large firm. ...

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO POOH

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO POOH IN WHICH POOH FINDS A SACRED “RELISH” Drawings by E.H. Shepard, 1928 One morning Christopher Robin woke up and decided to take his friends on an expedition. It was a beautiful spring day. He called his friends together. Owl was the first...

A KNOCK AT THE DOOR

A KNOCK AT THE DOOR Eric Jameson could never go home again. For him the mythical image of the happy family floated magically in the air and glistened in the sunlight, like a child’s soap bubble. Then it burst into nothingness. He found his Inner Love-light and purpose...