The Kingdom Is Here

The Wedding Banquet

SCRIPTURE Matthew 22:10 (NIV) So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. REFRAIN There is room for everyone at this table. QUOTE Maximus the Confessor "God made all beings to this end, to enjoy the same union of humanity and divinity that was united in Christ." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Pattern of Change

SCRIPTURE Romans 4:17 (NIV) As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed — the God who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. REFRAIN I am always becoming, never ending. QUOTE Walt Whitman, from Song of Myself "All goes onward and outward... and nothing collapses, and to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Nothing Truly Good Can Die

SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 15:13 (NIV) If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. REFRAIN Nothing truly good can die. QUOTE Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ "'Resurrection' is another word for change, but particularly positive change — which we tend to see only in the long run. In the short run, it often just looks like death." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Connected Not Correct

SCRIPTURE Colossians 3:4 (NIV) When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. REFRAIN I am connected, and that is enough. QUOTE Henri Nouwen, from Moving from Solitude to Community to Ministry "Community is not loneliness grabbing onto loneliness: 'I'm so lonely, and you're so lonely.' It's solitude grabbing onto solitude: 'I am the beloved; you are the beloved; together we can build a home.'" ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

All In One Lump

SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 15:28 (NIV) When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all. REFRAIN I am caught up in something larger than myself. QUOTE Thomas Merton, from No Man Is an Island "We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others. What do I mean by loving ourselves properly? I mean, first of all, desiring to live, accepting life as a very great gift and a great good, not because of what it gives us, but because of what it enables us to give to others." ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.