Posted by: TH on: November 22, 2009
Next week, many of us will get together with friends and/or family and celebrate Thanksgiving. God extends his hospitality and his welcome to each of us. Cultivating a practice of hospitality means that we seek to remember to welcome and be hospitable to each other and to the Lord as He dwells with us, leads [...]
Posted by: TH on: November 10, 2009
Being generous gently loosens our grip on the money, things, and people we hold captive with our expectations, clamoring for security, and need to control. As our grip loosens and our heart opens, we find new freedom and new connection. Generosity opens our heart and affirms our connection to the Divine, to community, to humanity, [...]
Posted by: TH on: October 25, 2009
“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him, creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord.”And I will heal them” (Isaiah 57:18-19). Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: [...]
Posted by: TH on: October 22, 2009
“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young”(Isaiah 40:11, KJV). “How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet [...]
Posted by: TH on: October 14, 2009
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say this—those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.” (Psalm 107: 1-2). Psalm 107 praises God for redeeming Israel from Egyptian [...]
Posted by: TH on: October 10, 2009
In our modern culture where the goal is to have it all, do it all, and be it all, the notion of sacrifice is one that generally conjures thoughts of distaste. As such we have overlooked one of the most profound practices for cultivating a deeper relationship with ourselves, with God, and with others. The word sacrifice takes its meaning from a verb that means “to make sacred.” Through a regular practice of sacrifice we make room for the sacred to enter our lives and the world.
