February 2012
Nervous? Yeah, a little, but more Faithful than nervous, so I should be good. Excited? Without a doubt. I’m excited for the people that have never experienced God on this kind of level. I think it’ll shake the fabric of their faith (in a good way) and really clear up any shrouds of smoke that has been in their lives. It’ll open up their eyes, their hearts, and souls to a God that...
The Gospel is the Gospel. It cannot be changed or altered - it remains immovable because it is history. It happened and the message that it contains remains consistent. So why try to interpret it in a different light when it needs not to be? It is so simple, yet so refreshing. So straightforward and piercing. Even a mere child can believe. That’s all you need to do. None of this changing,...
I didn't ask you to give up coffee. I asked you to... →
In fact, I understand the significance of self-denial and feel it’s something we should actually pursue more of – especially beyond the Lent season. But if we’re not careful, we can so easily just fall into religious practice for the sake of religious practice. If the goal is merely the giving up of something without taking up of something more significant, the focus is just merely on the...
Meditation
It has been some time since I wanted to write about my take on mediation. Meditation can not only be applied in a religious context, but so many other aspects of life. It is funny because within the past two-weeks I had different encounters with meditating. Wether it was the act, word, visual, etc. I had a nice run in with it. The way I see meditation is that it is an act where one reaches a peak...
