Vision-logic consciousness is the next level that develops in most people. Its primary characteristics are the identification of the self with the abstract mind and the ability to think from many different perspectives. It is global in its interest in, … Continue reading
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The WAY of Jesus, as I have shared with you before, is a way of personal change and transformation. It is accomplished by our actions to activate the potential we have been given by our God to grow in His … Continue reading
The sixth stupid way to think about God is GOD THE GARBAGEMAN. The authors begin their description of this way in this manner: City of Heaven, Department of Sanitation, God speaking. How may I help you? Two mortal sins for … Continue reading
I have, in this article, been sharing some thoughts about one of the great leaders of our Church, Metropolitan Sheptytsky. I shared how he courageously dared to protest to the leaders of Nazism about their treatment of Jews. A Vatican … Continue reading
The next book that must be considered in a chronological New Testament (NT), is the Gospel of Luke. The gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles belong, as many already know, together. They were written, scholars tell us, … Continue reading
One of the most profound statements St. Paul makes in his second letter to the Corinthians, which we use as our Epistle reading this weekend, is this: God is the one who firmly establishes us along with you in Christ; … Continue reading
As I shared in the last issue of the Bulletin, the eighth step on the Ladder is MEEKNESS/LOSS OF ANGER. We so often judge meekness and patience by externals. Malice often thrives in the deceptively meek and silent. Often people, … Continue reading
The WAY of Jesus is a way of personal transformation. It is our belief that we have been made in God’s image and also given the potential to grow in His likeness by cooperating with the help that is provided … Continue reading
Let us now consider 3 John, almost as short as 2 John. Like 2 John, the sender is “the elder,” but the recipient is specified as a man named “Gaius.” Though the author is the same, there is no reason … Continue reading
The fifth smart way to think about God is that GOD HAS A PLAN. It is smart to believe that God has a plan and that plan includes Him as well as you. Even God must play by God’s rules. … Continue reading