Live Fully Alive
We know that, “..God created man[kind] in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27). Therefore, every person, of every tribe, nation and tongue has intrinsic value, worth and dignity which no one can erase.
Frederick Douglass wrote, “The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.” Repentance (change of mind/heart) is a double-sided coin.. a two stage process. Turning away from a previous practice, paradigm or pattern is not enough. Repentance also calls us to turn toward a new way of being which, in turn, brings..
I am a vagabond, of sorts. Like yours, my heart is prone to wander. Over the past few decades, I’ve moved from state to state within the U.S. and also enjoyed living in Europe eleven years. While my family and I made our home in the U.K. and Ireland, we took every opportunity to visit scores of other countries. However, my heart has always been most at home..
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Pensées
Maybe this is true now more than ever? So, as with most seasons of change or challenge, there is an inherent invitation from Our Father. That invitation is to ‘Draw more closely to me.’
This is Pt. 3. Pt. 1 can be found here. Pt. 2 can be found here. +++ There are two requisites for true repentance, which are two sides of the same …
This is Pt. 2. Pt. 1 can be found here. +++ The words from which we derive our English word ‘repentance’ are commonly translated as ‘turn’ or ‘return’. The Greek …
In Valladolid, Spain stands a beautifully sculpted monument. On the monument is a Latin phrase, “NON PLUS ULTRA”, which was Spain’s motto for centuries. Being a sea-faring people, the Spaniards …