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“Darkness covered the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 “And there was darkness over all the earth.”  Luke 23:44 It is no coincidence that Advent is observed during the darkest time of the year.  It is a time to anticipate the coming of…

“And as Jesus was returning, the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.”  Luke 8:40 “Now Paul stayed two full years in his own rented lodging and welcomed all who came to him.”  Acts 28:30 “Welcome Christmas come this way, Fahoo fores dahoo dores, Welcome Christmas, Christmas day. Welcome, welcome fahoo…

“The God of your father shall help you and the Almighty shall bless you with blessings from heaven above.”  Genesis 49:25 The bible is full of blessings.  There are blessings from the beginning to the end and everywhere in between.  But one doesn’t need to look in a book, no matter how Good it is,…

“And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff.  But He…

“Love does no harm to another; Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law” Romans 13:10 “Probably all laws are useless; For good people do not need laws at all, and bad people are made no better by them.”  Demonax the Cynic, 70 – 170 AD Demonax, a Greek philosopher, had it right.  Though he…

“Be still . . . and know that I Am God.”  Psalm 46 “Empty yourself of everything.  Let the mind become still. . . Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.”  Verse 16, The Tao Te Ching Today I awoke to stillness.  Quiet.  No traffic sounds.  The first real snow…

“But I say to you love your enemies . . . Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”  Jesus the Christ, The Gospel of Matthew, chapter five. “He is his own worst enemy.”  Are you familiar with that phrase?  I first heard it spoken by my parents.  I don’t recall the context, but it…

“Love is a vow”  Christ the Eternal Tao “Love is patient, kind, longsuffering . . .” St. Paul “Nothing is so hungry as the human heart.”  Those words of Mariana Caplan concisely describe the simultaneous joy and sorrow, the agony and ecstasy that comes with love; the rocket fuel for human life. But what is…

I rise today in Heavens might; In Sun’s brightness; In Moon’s radiance; In Fire’s glory; in Lightning’s quickness; In Wind’s swiftness; In Sea’s depth; In Earth’s stability; in Rock’s fixity. I rise today with the power of God to pilot me; God’s strength to sustain me; God’s wisdom to guide me; God’s eye to look…

“John came clothed in camel’s hair saying . . . He must become greater, I must become less.”  The Gospel According to St. Mark “Whoever exalts himself will be lowered, and whoever lowers herself will be exalted.” Jesus the Christ in The Gospel According to St. Luke Iona is never far from my thoughts.  I…