Trees live out of themselves; they neither kill to eat — like the creatures of land and sea — nor do they toil for their food, but the All-Wise nourishes them in season, and their span outlasts all other living things in creation. Their wisdom runs deep as their roots in the earth, even as [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Trees
Posted in Celtic, Christianity, Faith & Spirituality on 19 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Liturgical Affirmation
Posted in Celtic, Christianity, Faith & Life, Faith & Spirituality, Prayer on 14 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You, O God, are supreme and holy.
You create our world and give us life.
Your purpose overarches everything we do.
You have always been with us.
You are God.
You, O God, are infinitely generous,
good beyond all measure.
You came to us before we came to you.
You have revealed and proved
your love for us in Jesus Christ,
who lived and died [...]
The Shepherd, the Gate, and the Predator
Posted in Celtic, Christianity, Faith & Life, Faith & Spirituality on 11 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In preparing for our men’s group tomorrow night, I had some thoughts regarding John 10. Specifically, 10.6b-10. There, Jesus said:
I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. Yes, I am the gate. Those [...]
How do we view the Bible?
Posted in Celtic, Christianity, Faith & Life, Faith & Spirituality on 8 March 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was at lunch with a group of friends and one of my closest friends made this statment, ‘The problem is that we have made the Bible the fourth person of the Trinity.’ You can imagine the shock on most of our faces. After plenty of scrambling and conversation, we finally settled down.
But that really [...]
