How is loving the neighbor like loving God?
An amoeba, Lee Glickstein’s book, Be Heard Now! And a question that is waiting for your answers.
Spiritual Experience
What a way to start the day!
To start the day with worship! The ambitious desire to worship blocks it, but the will that worships . . . goes forth . . . may find itself knocking on the door . . . and being caught up like a bird circling higher and higher on an updraft along the side of a mountain.
The wonderfulness within
Persons of every religion and no religion report discoveries of the wonderfulness within. A source of energy, power, insight, wisdom, love, mercy, peace, joy, creativity, purpose, and guidance—not necessarily all at the same time (smile).
Hidden treasure and a pearl
The family of God is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man discovered. And in his joy, he sold everything so that he could buy the field. The family of God is also like a merchant who went searching for pearls, and when he found the most beautiful one and … Read more
Spiritual experience
Watch Mystical Maria: Talk of the spirit of God within is often a way of affirming that we can each have our own personal spiritual experience of God. We do not have to go along with stuffy traditional authority or superficial contemporary enthusiasms—even mine. Scientific Simon: All over the world, religious experience tends to reflect … Read more
Liberation
Spiritual liberation from inner resistance and outer obstacles comes from using spiritual force to break through to the new life in God.
The supreme desire and the supreme joy
Evan: I came across a definition of the gospel that puzzles me because it’s different, but it really attracts me. The gospel—the supreme desire to do the Father’s will coupled with the supreme joy of the faith realization of sonship with God.
Assurance
Sophia, if I were just meeting you, and if you expressed this concern, I would say, if you receive God as your Father, then you are a daughter of God. That means that you are born again. And that means that you have the power to overcome doubt. And that victory is your faith. Your salvation, your eternal life is assured. And you stay with the program by doing the will of your divine Parent.
Is there sexism in the concept of God as our Father?
Why do people reject the father concept of God? Of the various reasons, I consider two here. First, some fathers are terrible parents. Second, generations of sensitive, well-informed, and ethically committed persons have been persuaded that the father concept of God (at least without mention of the motherhood of God) is sexist. To this second concern, I respond with selections from chapters on scientific, philosophical, and spiritual living in my book, Living in Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.