26 Aug, 2009
Posted by: edb In: Contemporary Life| Modern Spirituality| Sillies or Sinners
I am with the sinners. Straight up, might as well face it. That is to be aware of being a sinner and that being saved has nothing to do with how good we judge that we are, or can become. In the gospels: MAT 10, 9-13 MRK 3, 15-17 LUKE 5, 27-32 Matthew (also known [...]
When I consider my soul. . . . it is full of surprises (or sur-prizes)! It exhibits such patience, for it never appears to be encumbered, restricted or limited by my physical aspect. It is large and wholesome, whilst I am small and fragile. How can this tiny frame of my body carry [...]
At some point on our spiritual journey we have to meet and conquer what is sometimes referred to as “the dweller on the threshold”. It is a reference to the “being” or “entity” that is sum total of all the negative deeds that we have performed during our many lives, and every act of [...]
23 Jun, 2009
Posted by: edb In: Modern Spirituality| Sillies or Sinners
Driving along in my yellow mini on the way back from town to my house I was pondering on the illness of my son. He had been cured we thought and now it was back with a vengeance. It had shown itself by appearing above the clavicle so now we knew that we [...]
23 Jun, 2009
Posted by: edb In: Challenge the View| Contemporary Life| Modern Spirituality
Well, they have no right here do they?
They are taking our jobs, our social security, our houses, our
schools, our communities.
They cause us all the problems of a country which is too full: crime,
lack of resources.
If they were not here we wouldn’t have any problems. They are to blame.
Well, the thing is that we [...]