Soulwork:
Permission To Be Me
Jesus told the disciples: “I am [is] the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, they will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5 Some Ideas to Contemplate: In this passage from John, the most mystical of the...
Loving Others Like Me
The expert on religious law asked Jesus: “Who is my neighbor? Luke 10:29 Some Ideas to Contemplate: In answer to the question of who our neighbors are, Jesus—Master Mystic, Healer, Teacher, Wayshower—shares “The Parable of the Good Samaritan” to instruct his...
Am I Losing Me?
As Jesus concludes his public ministry, he says: “Now my soul is troubled. So shall I say: ‘God, save me from this hour’? No; for this is the reason I have reached this hour.” John 12:27 Some Ideas to Contemplate: In this passage by the John Gospel Writer,...
Affirmations:
Float on Faith
In her 1940 spiritual essay collection, Winning Freedom, Florence T. Ritchie, Divine Science minister, teaches: No matter how often the Lord rescued the children of Israel from disaster, they would in time forget and again run after false gods. We wonder how they...
Patience is Trust in Divine Order
In Luke 8:15, Jesus encourages us to “bring forth fruit with patience.” What a powerful, wise directive about having faith in our demonstrations, especially in this fast-paced culture! Anyone who has ever planted a garden, or merely tried growing basil on a kitchen...
Good Enough To Be True
“Every negative mental picture is a ghost story. Every recital of wrongs is a ghost story. Delineations of symptoms of illness are ghost stories. To relate a hard luck story is to relate another ghost story. “When you say of anything that it is too good to be true,...
Prayers:
Into The Grace
Grace always offers another beginning.
Affirmation for Peace of Mind
Today and in any moment of fear, doubt, worry, or concern, my power lies in the Enduring Ever-Present Grace and Goodness of God, everywhere present, all the time. Wherever I am, no matter who is with me, or what is occurring around me, I ground myself in God’s...
Prayer for Stepping Forward
A prayer of confidence.
