“For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” Thessalonians 4:3 “Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you.” Colossians 3:15 “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, I’m glad that the Beatitude […]
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Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. I’m asking myself what this sixth beatitude means, to be pure of heart and to “see” God. A key element of purity for me is to be transparent. Another is to be honest, especially with myself. My […]
Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service: This January 22, we continue meditating on Jesus’ words of blessing to us in Matthew 5, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” and perhaps in a way that we’ve never done before. As I’ve been preparing for the wholeness service, I also […]
God’s purpose for each of us is that we should open and be healed from our sense of separation and isolation from God and ourselves and each other! We are told in Jesus’ words in Matthew 5 that compassion for human frailties (our own and others’) is the way to be […]
“ Blessed are those [who seek virtue], who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Here at the end of the year this is our prayer: The past is behind us. We lift our heads and pray for a different […]
Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (who seek virtue), for they shall be filled.” We know that Jesus wouldn’t make such a promise and not fulfill it. But what does ‘virtuous’ mean and how do we become so? Few are familiar with the seven […]
Next Service: Sunday, NOVEMBER 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM. IN-PERSON GATHERING: San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown LIVESTREAM: Click Facebook or YouTube to join. “Blessed are the [meek, gentle, humble], for they will inherit the earth.” –Matthew 5:5 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service: On Monday mornings, when we’re in Colorado Springs, I […]
Jesus said “Blessed are the [meek, gentle, and humble], for they will inherit the earth.” No matter how you translate it, to those listening to Jesus then, or to those of us who hear him now, what he has spoken is a paradox, that is, a statement that contradicts itself. […]
Next Service: Sunday, OCTOBER 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM. IN-PERSON GATHERING: San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown LIVESTREAM: Click Facebook or YouTube to join. “Blessed are those who mourn, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Dear Ones, In October, we continue meditating on Jesus’ […]
Psalm 42: 1-5 and John 16:33 Jesus blesses what we normally think is not bless-ed. We all long to be blessed, and yet we think we are unworthy because we are human and have troubles. In times of discomfort or immense sadness, God’s comfort does not necessarily mean ‘comfortable.’ In our […]
Next Service: Sunday, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 at 6:30 PM. IN-PERSON GATHERING: San Gabriel Presbyterian Church, 5404 Williams Drive, Georgetown LIVESTREAM: Click Facebook or YouTube to join. “Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Dear Friends of the Wholeness Service, Our focus this year comes from one of the […]
This scriptural passage is packed with questions: What does it mean to be poor in Spirit? Who are the poor in Spirit? Jesus stated the kingdom of heaven is theirs. How do we claim that promise in our present day lives? Spiritual practices, religious rituals, do they hold the keys […]