by gardenspres | Apr 6, 2019
This Lent we have seen how the shadows of the spiritual life have opened new opportunities for deeper spiritual consciousness. Only by embracing our limitations can we meet God’s limitless love. This morning we walk through the shadow of approaching...
by gardenspres | Apr 3, 2019
“God has told you, human one, what is good and what the Lord requires from you: to do justice, embrace faithful love, and walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). The prophet Micah identifies justice both as a “good” and a requirement. God...
by gardenspres | Mar 24, 2019
As I shared this past Sunday, there was insufficient time during our sermon to reflect on the link Jesus makes between sin and suffering. Below, you’ll find an excerpt from a previous sermon draft that didn’t find its way into the sermon that I preached...
by gardenspres | Mar 24, 2019
Lent is the season in which we frequently find ourselves made uncomfortable and deeply challenged by Jesus’ words. Our Scripture lesson from the Gospel of Luke 13:1-9 is no exception, for in this passage of Scripture we encounter another shadow of the spiritual...
by gardenspres | Mar 20, 2019
In her book Interior Castle, as she describes souls that have reached the fifth mansion of spiritual development, Teresa of Avila describes this spirituality as taking the form of self-thoughtlessness. She writes this of souls who have progressed into the...
by gardenspres | Mar 19, 2019
Gustavo Gutierrez, Peruvian Catholic Priest and the Father of Liberation Theology, defines salvation as having three different aspects or expressions. First, salvation is to be understood spiritually (and this is perhaps the expression of salvation that we are...
