By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; (Hebrews 11:29)
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14 ‘You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand,…
更多Wisdom is another way of knowing and understands things at a higher level of inclusivity, which we call “transformation” or nondualistic thought.
—Richard Rohr, Things HiddenRichard Rohr considers wisdom a path of transformation based on humility and honesty and grounded in reality.
There is a…
更多For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
Cynthia Bourgeault says “When I talk about Jesus as a wisdom master, I need to mention that in the Near East “wisdom teacher” is a recognized spiritual occupation … one who taught the ancient traditions of the transformation of the human being.
These teachers of transformation—among whom I would place the authors of the Hebrew wisdom literature such as…
更多16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17 ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you…
更多Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, ‘My grace is…
更多Matthew 13:45–46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
Richard…
更多There is a common misperception that deeply distorts the reading of the Scriptures and much spirituality. I call it “spiritual capitalism,” which centers around a common philosophy of “I can do it, and I must do it, and I will do it.” This is the mindset of early-stage ego consciousness. It puts all the emphasis and total reliance on “me,” my effort, and my spiritual accomplishments. It has little active trust in God’s grace and mercy.
Unfortunately, the driving energy is fear and more…
更多Ephesians 4:26, “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.”
As we seek to learn from the wisdom our anger has to teach us, Brian McLaren offers this prayer of blessing:
May you be blessed to see in your anger, not just a danger, but an opportunity. May you be blessed to see in your anger a window into what you love. May…
更多13 ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 ‘You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be…
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28 ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29…
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How lovely is your dwelling-place,
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Lord Almighty!
2 My soul…https://www.thefuelcast.com/library/2025-07-28-zeitgeist-r25
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptised by[…
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Be kind and compassionate, be quick to forgive one another. (Ephesians 4:32)
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4 They said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
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5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.…Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light around me become night …
the darkness and light are both alike to You.
—Psalm 139:11–12Barbara Holmes (1943–2024) writes about the challenges and healing power of darkness:
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As an African American woman, I wear darkness as a skin colour that I love. It is a reminder of African origins, hidden in my genes, but not accessible through memory. Without darkness, I would not be! I entered the world from the…The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it
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There is a part of the soul that stirs at night, in the dark and soundless times of day, when our defenses are down and our daylight distractions no longer serve to protect us from ourselves. What we suppress in the light emerges clearly in the dusk. It’s then, in the still of life, when we least expect it, that questions emerge from the damp murkiness of our inner…Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
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‘When he broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered for the word of God and for the testimony they had given; they cried out with a loud voice, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long…?”’ Revelation 6:9–10
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Images of war, injustice and suffering in the world continue to horrify us. Have we forgotten the lessons of the past? How long, sovereign Lord?
Since the Fall, sin and evil have been part of the human condition. The…For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 1 Tim 6:7
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Even though I walk through the darkest valley
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I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, …Your patient endurance will win you your lives” (Luke 21:19)
Spiritual transformation is often thought of as movement from darkness to light. In one sense that’s true, while in another sense, it’s totally false. We forget that darkness is always present alongside the light. We know the light most fully in contrast with its opposite—the dark. Pure light blinds; shadows are required for our seeing. There is something that can only be known by going through…
更多This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah” (Luke 11:29).
Richard Rohr
Soon after I moved to New Mexico in the late 1980s, I began my studies for what would become the men’s rites of passage. I read everything I could on why every ancient culture deemed it necessary in to initiate the male. It seemed that no culture assumed that men would grow up naturally, because nothing in…
更多The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’ (Jonah 1:1-2)
Shmuly Yanklowitz: What does it mean to protest? Protesting expresses the opinion that there is something wrong with the…
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1 In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.
2 I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me.3 No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame,…
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