Surrender – Let It Happen! The Power of Mindfully Letting Go

Last year, I traveled to India to study yoga according to its ancient source. This article highlights how I have applied the lessons from yogic philosophy and solo traveling to my modern life upon return. I hope that it will inspire you in some way.

Johannes Tauler, The World, Idolatry, and The Inner Way

IDOLATRY is the unfortunate default we were born into, yet there is, in the recognition of this fact, the ability to not so much resist as to work in the opposite direction – toward the nirvana of God. Typically seen as a Buddhist concept, the nirvana simply is that state where an idolater is found free of their idolatry – a halcyon state of Christlike spirituality where God has our fullest attention.

Prophecies Claim It Is The Spirit That Will Return At The End Of Days

Those who have the Spirit within are led away from the power of religions and the destructive forces of the world. They are being showered with the power and are healed and brought into their own sanctuaries as we are in the last days.

Father Hilarion Walters, C.P., A Father of Spirituality

This article is first in a series of articles about the priest Rev. Hilarion Walters, C.P., who has influenced my spirituality. It outlines very briefly his life, his assignment as parish priest in my town and as novice master in the Passionist Novitiate.

Beyond Life Is Death Unless One Is Spiritual From Birth

The spiritual people have an obligation to remain faithful to their connection with the real God. Those who fall by the way are lost forever. That is the purpose of life.

What Is Heaven Like? – Great Council of Voices

IMAGINE entering heaven to find you’re ushered immediately into the biggest room you’ve ever seen; it’s a room, but a room seemingly without walls or ceiling – absolute and sheer white… everything, including every indiscernible being in that room, is pure white; whiter than white. Everything about the experience is totally other-than you’ve ever experienced on earth.

You Will Look Upon That Which You Feel Within

Has anyone else been feeling unsettled and restless? Have you felt unhappy and out of sorts? Since I have returned to work after the holidays, I have experienced a continuous dis-ease within, a dissonant inner hum, if you like. I am out of harmony and off balance, and as I am within, so I see without. My daily experience has confirmed my inner disharmony. Nothing has felt satisfying, and I have been operating in a continual state of “feeling off.”

Youth Ideas – Popcorn Christians

Popcorn is a seed that is hard and tasteless, until placed in the fire. And then the white goodness on the inside comes out for us to not only smell the aroma, but also to taste. It’s a powerful object lesson and metaphor for Christ working in us and drawing others to himself through us as Christians.

Worth, Value, Esteem – Just How Much God Thinks of You

Never question your worth. God went to the cross to secure us. Our worth is in Him.

Pastor As Carer (Curer) of Souls

PASTORS, I would argue, are wounded healers: in the business of healing persons in their midst; though they’re, themselves, somewhat and in some ways very wounded in nature. The Latin word cura means “care,” but it can be shown to indicate “cure.” According to Eugene Peterson in The Contemplative Pastor, the care of souls is “Scripture-directed and prayer-shaped” – a determination to work at the prime of a person; “to concentrate on the essential.”

God Is Angry And People Are Dying Because Of Retribution Against The False Gods

The spiritual people who know the real God avoid the things that hurt them. Those who are not linked to the Spirit chase after the things of the world and all the idols.

Homilies: A Means for Spiritual Development

Spiritual development needs some kind of nourishment. A homily can provide this nourishment if it is done properly and delivered with care. In this article are discussed two qualities that a homily should have. It should be transformational and Biblically oriented.