Tag Archives: spiritual awakening

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Learning to Trust in God Alone

Full of repentance and humility; thankfulness and gratitude; peace and love; I fully surrendered myself to God. To live a new life. A life of love that tries to honor God and all people, including people resistant to God’s unconditional love and unyielding grace like I once was.

Faith Engages Head & Heart: Watching The Chosen

Recently, my friend Jess recommended the TV series The Chosen. An adaptation and depiction of the life of Jesus based on the Gospels. A program I would have ridiculed in my past life. Not only because of my non-existent belief in God, but because my heart was closed to feeling anything outside of itself.

Hollywood Nights: Seduced by Beauty; Enslaved by Desire

I have always considered myself to be a sensitive person. While other boys found pleasure in athletics and action hero’s, I found pleasure in the arts. My youth spent appreciating and learning about all the beauty that other humans have created. A smorgasbord for my senses.

The Cowardly Church of America and the Spiritual Evil That Has Infected Our Ruling Class

O America, America, the nation that kills millions and steals from the struggling! How often would I have gathered your children together as a parent gathers their child under a canopy of life and love, and you were not willing! This is a heavy-hearted story. A critique of the Establishment; political and religious. Leaders who […]

Why Can’t God Just Tell Us What To Do? Well, At Least Me

Like millions of other faith filled people, I just want God to tell me what I need to do; now. I’d also be good with knowing my future. Equating divine Love as a cosmic fortune teller even if God has already shared with all of us our future.

When Reality Becomes a Trigger Word

The road to hell might be paved with good intentions, but you won’t find that road on Facebook or its picture book cousin, Instagram. I recently experienced the power of their clandestine computer-driven algorithms with two recent back-to-back daily devotion posts (see above and below.) Going from several hundred views a day to seven. Weekday […]

The Smelly Man at Walmart: Living the Gift Humility

Even now, as I walk in the grace and mercy of God, I find myself in judgement of others. Disappointed with myself when I recognize it. Delighted that God has humbled my heart to help me recognize when I fall short of honoring my neighbor.