Reprogramming the Psyche
Jesus was a Follower. This is an excellent commentary on leadership. Personal leadership and self-mastery is what freedom is all about. Getting others to follow or being someone who is worth following does not take away our freedom but gathers us together into good and virtuous things. I would recommend this blog very highly! I…
It is one thing to obtain freedom for oneself and quite another to live free among people. Especially people with varying capacities and understandings of freedom. I have never been more grateful for the standard works (the scriptures) in my life than I am now because without them I would be so lost. Even though…
Sometimes the challenges that we face in life are the very things that will open up new insights. Herein is the joy in life, even in its most difficult times. I have learned that no matter what kind of oppression one faces or when they may face it, say as a child or an adult,…
A few days ago I wrote this on my description for my “Courage To Be God’s Daughter” program on blog talk radio: “I have been to the temple recently and seen the new film. The Spirit continues to pour out his enlightenment and I am beginning to feel that I must hold back on what…
Freedom begins with me living true to the principle of freedom and this begins with me learning to trust my own inner voice in any given matter. This is not something that is easily done or allowed. Following the commandments of God gives us confidence in ourselves to be able to trust that we will…
This meditation journey is very exciting! It is as wild as any roller coaster ride and at times as pleasant as a lazy day on the beach! All of it is joyous because it celebrates life! And life, is worth celebrating even with all its ups and downs, its ecstasies and its horrors. With the…
Last week when I was trying to sort out my relationship with the people who were trying to decide what was freedom of speech for me and others in our congregation I kept thinking of “I Am A Child Of God” and I wrote this poem to follow its beat to remind me how grateful…
This past week we have celebrated the words of Martin Luther King Jr. He said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” And from Hebrews 3:13 “But exhort one another daily, while it is called today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.” (exhort:…
Functionality in this earthly realm is not the ultimate state that the human being is able to achieve. To stop there in the place of “comfort” or lack of “stress” is a sad state of affairs. We were sent here to do great things in the name of the God who sent us, even as…
Family statistics or circumstances do not need to define us. Neither does our personal history need to define us before God, even though it may to the world. Some of what you will see here may not be easy to read. Remember they are just circumstances in a life. I do not need to claim…