Tag: guidance
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Seeing the Label Before the Human
There is a habit many of us have learned without ever choosing it. We notice difference quickly. Sometimes before we notice tone. Before mood. Before context. Before story. A label appears and the mind relaxes, as if it has already solved the situation. This person is this. That family is that. Understanding feels complete long…
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Becoming Still in a Noisy World – Guided Meditation
We live in a world that rarely slows down. Noise fills our days, our thoughts, and often our inner lives. This guided meditation was created as a quiet pause. A space to breathe, soften the body, and return to presence when everything feels overstimulating. There is nothing to achieve here. Only an invitation to be…
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Seeming Rather Than Being: A Call Back to Authentic Faith
The Human Desire for Approval From the beginning of time, humans have been driven by a deep need for belonging. Psychology affirms this truth. Abraham Maslow placed “love and belonging” as a foundational human need, just above food and shelter. More recent neuroscience studies show that receiving social validation activates the same reward centers in…
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Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
“Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit, for Theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3) The “poor in spirit” are those who cast themselves on God’s grace. We personally acknowledge our spiritual bankruptcy before God. It is the tax collector in the temple, beating his breast and saying, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner”…
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Hidden Treasure & the Pearl
Every one of us holds to certain values in life. But does our personal value system line up with God’s values? The Parable of the Hidden Treasure “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that…
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Thoughts of Time…
If you want to know the end, look at the beginning. African proverb Lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin You can’t keep today’s hour for tomorrow – we all know that, but still tend to procrastinate. Benjamin Franklin warns that time is a scarce resource, and if it’s wasted, it cannot be recovered…
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