Peace and LightAffirmation: I am calm, poised, and centered in the Christ mind. Nothing can disturb the calm peace of my soul ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

I came across this as part of a story about the visit of Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire to All Saints Church, Pasadena, this past weekend. It spoke to me so deeply I had to share.

A Four-fold Franciscan Blessing

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that ( Read more... )

yesterday i had a personal revelation that i felt i wanted to share.
i'm in a twelve-step program and so have been studying psychology and 'family of origin' stuff intensely. 'family of origin' work involves tracing your patterns back to learned behavior from the people who raised you, those you had the most contact with in your crucially ( Read more... )

Not only does Thomas Merton manage to point out what true humility is like but he demonstrates what it is not. I see myself more in the latter than in the former. Perhaps someday I shall manage to attain true humility with God's will...

'When humility delivers a man from attachment to his own works and his own reputation, he discovers that perfect ( Read more... )

Thought I'd post a quick update on my progress on a Complaint-free Month and check in with others who are trying, too. ( Read more... )

I won't go into the whole background why I'm asking you the following two questions because I'd kind of like to keep my reasons private. But, I wanted to ask other members here, how do you keep up hope when literally no more hope is left in you? :) Thanks all!

This is a personal improvement project I encountered at a Unity Church web site. It's an interesting idea though after over a year, I still haven't committed yet. I thought I'd see if any others in this group might want to give it a go at the same time, so we could compare notes ( Read more... )

A story about how some of us may need to talk about "sin" because we grow up being taught certain things, without being taught to question: The first job I had, when I was 15, was in a restaurant where about half the staff was gay or lesbian; the other half, though straight, were mostly sexually active before or outside of marriage.  I was good ( Read more... )

After listening to the long debates on homosexuality, sex, evolution v. creationism, and the like I really am astounded by Christians on how intellectually lazy they are. This isn't meant to insult anyone, just a observation from what I have seen and read ( Read more... )