Posts Tagged ‘God is Love’
The Almighty, The Prodigal Son and Two Cats: Part Two
With the passing of our Sphynx in 2020, my heart was wrecked. This deep devastation and sorrowful state would pave the way for my ego to surrender itself to God. At fifty-five, I could no longer carry the pain and suffering of a life built on sands of misplaced faith. In my sheepish service to the status quo and its stuff, I lost my soul.
Read MoreThe Almighty, The Prodigal Son and Two Cats: Part One
I like dogs and I have many friends who love their dogs. But it was a feline, not a canine, that God would use to soften my hardened heart. A life wandering in darkness; a life without Love.
Read MoreHumility, Vegas and Mountains
I heart the mountains and I hear the mountains. Visually profound understandings about the nature of Love and what is required to love my neighbor. Divine whispers that sing to my soul the hymn of humility.
Read MoreA Faith of Fear vs A Life of Love
I was blessed to be raised by parents who sincerely believe in God, and who surely believe in the unconditional love of God. A Christian home rooted in the ethic of love God and ALL your neighbors. The commandment in which the law, the prophets and the entire ministry of Jesus is summarized. Even though…
Read MoreWhy My Spiritual Awakening Is a Political Awakening
My spiritual awakening uprooting my political world view. Demolishing long held beliefs I had about American institutions and the values of those “in charge.”
Read MoreDoubt and Faith and Doubt
While I deeply believe that God will provide, living my faith has been unsettling.
Read MoreSpirituality Isn’t Love
Spirituality adrift we wander in darkness. Searching for fulfillment in a world that aggressively suppresses the Divine. Squeezing our souls and draining us of our humanity. Like pressed fruit, we find ourselves empty, exhausted and exploited.
Read MoreLove as THE Ethic
Since my spiritual awakening, I describe God as Love and myself and all people as children of God. Children of Love. Describing God as Love might seem serene, peaceful and benevolent. Attributes I would certainly associate with love but the love I’m describing is more than a sentiment; Love is an ethic. For me, it’s THE ethic in which to live my life.
Read MoreGod is Love
Using the finiteness of language to describe the Infinite seems audacious, naïve, even ludicrous. Nonetheless, as a writer it’s my primary tool to describe God. That and my actions. Musicians, visual artists, sages and teachers or any person anywhere might use other mediums or methods to describe God, but for me it’s in the Word.…
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