For the past week and this week I'm on a blogging hiatus since I'm in diligent preparation for teaching a couple of classes at Lakeland Community College in Dwight, IL. I just received news last week that I got the gig and will be starting Aug. 24, which really isn't a lot of time to prepare for two classes. Thus, I plan to do a lot of improvisation (I should be used to this kind of "on your toes" activity as a jazz musician). So, once classes have started and I have a routine, I'll be back at the keyboard blogging the Progressive-Practical Christianity as usual.
Peace.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Daily Word (8.11.09)
Grace:
"Thank you, God, for your grace." (DW, 8.11.09)
"And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth." (Jn. 1.14)
Mei Meditatio:
Grace is God's free gift of being, love, and life as children of God in God's perfect care. When we connect ourselves to God in conscious awareness and experience we are able to share in the benefits and bounty of this truly amazing grace.
Through Christ I live in God's loving care.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
"Thank you, God, for your grace." (DW, 8.11.09)
"And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth." (Jn. 1.14)
Mei Meditatio:
Grace is God's free gift of being, love, and life as children of God in God's perfect care. When we connect ourselves to God in conscious awareness and experience we are able to share in the benefits and bounty of this truly amazing grace.
Through Christ I live in God's loving care.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Chaplains work to prevent Army suicides
As of the end of June there have been 88 reported active duty suicides this year in the Army. And there have been similar numbers in the recent past, though the numbers keep getting higher. In response to this situation, the U.S. Army has heightened suicide prevention efforts by establishing a task-force, improving policies, protocol, and resources, and recruiting more psychological and spiritual counselors.
Thus, military chaplains have been seeing an increasing amount of soldiers coming to them for some kind of assistance. In times such as these, what with the U.S. military engaged in warfare and spread out so thin, there is bound to be repercussions on the well-being of the soldiers. And this is precisely what military chaplains are for -- attending to the needs of the soldiers as human individuals.
Read the story by Vicki Brown of the United Methodist Reporter at Faith in Public Life.
Thus, military chaplains have been seeing an increasing amount of soldiers coming to them for some kind of assistance. In times such as these, what with the U.S. military engaged in warfare and spread out so thin, there is bound to be repercussions on the well-being of the soldiers. And this is precisely what military chaplains are for -- attending to the needs of the soldiers as human individuals.
Read the story by Vicki Brown of the United Methodist Reporter at Faith in Public Life.
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Daily Word (8.10.09)
Joy:
"I am joy in expression!" (DW, 8.10.09)
"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy." (Job 8.21)
Mei Meditatio:
Joy is the singing of the heart. As I further realize my place in the universe as a child of the living and loving God of Being, I sizzle with resounding joy. I am grateful for reconciliation and revivification in Christ and emit zeal with my being for God's Divine Order.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
"I am joy in expression!" (DW, 8.10.09)
"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouts of joy." (Job 8.21)
Mei Meditatio:
Joy is the singing of the heart. As I further realize my place in the universe as a child of the living and loving God of Being, I sizzle with resounding joy. I am grateful for reconciliation and revivification in Christ and emit zeal with my being for God's Divine Order.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Daily Word (8.9.09)
Prayer:
"Prayer by prayer I enrich my life." (DW, 8.9.09)
Mei Meditatio:
Via prayerful living, that is, living my life as a prayer itself, I align myself with God and participate more fully in the new being that Christ affords.
Prayer is my utility for resurrecting myself each moment into new awareness of unity-in-diversity.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
"Prayer by prayer I enrich my life." (DW, 8.9.09)
Mei Meditatio:
Via prayerful living, that is, living my life as a prayer itself, I align myself with God and participate more fully in the new being that Christ affords.
Prayer is my utility for resurrecting myself each moment into new awareness of unity-in-diversity.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Daily Word (8.8.09)
Comfort:
"The love of God enfolds me and my loved ones." (DW, 8.8.09)
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life. . .will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 8.38, 39)
Mei Meditatio:
The love of God in Christ is the one omnipotent supportive presence moving throughout the world, and it is that which connects all being and life together in a dynamic unity. Regardless of the situations that come about in this world, as Paul says, "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation" will be able to tear us from God's love or each other. In other words, there is nothing in heaven or on earth that could possibly be more steadfast, present, powerful, and unifying than the love of God in Christ.
I affirm Christ's loving presence existing in my life and working through my actions to engender a more full experience of well-being with me, in my relationships, and throughout the world.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
"The love of God enfolds me and my loved ones." (DW, 8.8.09)
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life. . .will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 8.38, 39)
Mei Meditatio:
The love of God in Christ is the one omnipotent supportive presence moving throughout the world, and it is that which connects all being and life together in a dynamic unity. Regardless of the situations that come about in this world, as Paul says, "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation" will be able to tear us from God's love or each other. In other words, there is nothing in heaven or on earth that could possibly be more steadfast, present, powerful, and unifying than the love of God in Christ.
I affirm Christ's loving presence existing in my life and working through my actions to engender a more full experience of well-being with me, in my relationships, and throughout the world.
In the name and through the power of Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior. Amen.
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