In end-time philosophy, there's a concept of the Eschaton, a pivotal moment that signifies the fundamental shift from the old to the new. The old is dying, and I rest on a razor's edge. I cannot escape or even move and have no idea what happens next. My soul is laid bare and the Eschaton awaits.
Read MoreFor some reason beyond my understanding, I've always had an affinity for the outcast, the broken, the ones others had given up on, said didn't belong, or pushed to such alienation and bitterness that they lashed out against others or, more often, themselves.
Read MoreGod uses our weaknesses to make us strong; while our demons use our strengths to make us weak.
Read MoreI closed my eyes, focused my energy upon the crown of my head, and let go. Immediately, the headache faded, and I felt a warm glow alight upon me. As my attention shifted upward, this glow stretched out vertically, beyond my range of sight, and God said: Climb. So I climbed.
Read MoreI’m encountering escalating pushback from people I love concerning where my new desire for unconditional dependence on God may lead. I know it’s unconventional to say the least, and is being cast as selfish and irresponsible. Sadly, I confess I'm having difficulty managing this.
Read MoreAs far back as I can remember, I’ve fought to conceal a dark, horrible truth from myself. Since I was a young child, love has always been of preeminent importance to me; however, it has never manifested properly at the cognitive or behavioral levels. I’ve only recently made this connection on the conscious level and begun to unpack the reasons and the wake of ramifications resulting from this disconnect.
Read MoreGod has been hinting to me for a very long time that my reason for being is creation. I suppose this doesn’t come as much surprise, despite the way I’ve structured my life by normally playing it safe and defaulting to my more consistently-reliable analytical nature.
Read MoreI continue to let myself go in God, and this transformation breaks upon me like a wave beyond that of thought or emotion. It is a sense, an awareness, a sort of homecoming.
Read MoreThe process rolls on. My interior life is a barren wasteland, devoid of much but mirages and slowly shifting dunes. I walk in circles. I find myself fixated on wilderness and the number forty. Moses, the bringer of the old covenant and Jesus, the bringer of the new, parallel each other and reveal the way of transformation.
Read MoreI've written of shedding my identity, of freely handing it over to God and becoming one with him, but it seems my expectations are in need of substantial revision. I sat on the porch the other day when God revealed just how substantial.
Read MoreIf there's insufficient strength, understanding, or acceptance for me to walk right now, perhaps sitting for a while is exactly what God wants me to do. I'll sit in silence and trust that whatever is needed will find its way to me.
Read MoreHaving received this wisdom, it's hard to accept how utterly inept I've been transferring the lessons I learned of my feminine aspect to my masculine. It should have been obvious, especially having come to realize how much my feminine aspect so desperately needed its counterpart, but the recognition was slow in coming.
Read MoreI am presently experiencing a divergence or evolution of what has come before, for the time for easy answers and clearly-marked features along the path has receded from view. Perhaps the time for clarity will come again, but it's clearly not the season.
Read MoreFor years now, God has incessantly prodded me to close this chapter in my life and leave financial services behind. It started in a period of relative calm and security, and when he spoke I listened.
Read MoreThe Spirit of God truly is like the wind. God's motion is a gentle breeze, providing direction and subtle, quiet promptings when you listen to it with an open heart.
Read MoreWhen it comes to the spiritual life, it's not enough to believe something in the academic sense. What does it take to make it more? Oftentimes life, in all its grittiness, is needed to carve out a path through the obstacles all our genuine, but misguided efforts create.
Read MoreWhen I left Christianity, there were two closely-related issues that drove me away. One was the existence of Hell, the other the requirement of worship, and both appeared to contradict my understanding of God's love. Recently, God has reached out to reveal additional truths about both of these issues and heal the pain these two issues inflicted on me.
Read MoreI get the sense when God's love is fully manifested in a person, the very concept of sacrifice loses its meaning. Love empties itself and sees it as the culmination of its purpose and its joy.
Read MoreThe body of Christ is not a metaphor. It's real. If I am one with God and others are one with God, I am one with them as well. We are a family, but even more than a family - a living organism, connected with each other and parts of a larger whole.
Read MoreThe seeker is advised to taste God and see that he is good, and is well advised indeed. For when I let God in, what I received wasn't an alien presence or external possession poking around in my mind. What I received was myself - the missing part of myself.
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