Faith Growth Blog

Hello world!

revrevwine — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:35 +0000

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Chinese Proverb

revrevwine — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:57:45 +0000

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese proverb

Enough Already!

revrevwine — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:49:46 +0000

FINISH each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

â€“Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is Spiritual Direction?

revrevwine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:28:59 +0000

YouTube Interview with Kristen Hobby – What is Spiritual Direction?

Ah, Children…

revrevwine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:52:44 +0000

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

â€”Albert Einstein

Pace of Change

revrevwine — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:49:44 +0000

Good stuff on Time and our culture to ponder!

The Ten Year Century (from WSJ on-line Aug 10, 2009)

Resurrection!

revrevwine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:40:36 +0000

â€œThe mystics are gathering in the street. Come out!â€
â€œLeave me alone; Iâ€™m sick.â€
â€œI donâ€™t care if youâ€™re dead! Jesus is here, and he wants to resurrect somebody!â€
-Rumi

Community

revrevwine — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:46:07 +0000

We have all been uniquely gifted. These gifts are not to be hoarded, but meant to be shared. The Holy Spirit is the master conductor and directs the sharing! The one with the need is brought into contact with the one with the gift – and thus the sharing can commence. I pray that I walk through my days with open hands – ready to both give and receive – a holy conduit.

Loving God, may I truly be a conduit for you in the world. Amen.

Wisdom

revrevwine — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:27:33 +0000

The wisdom from heaven waits to drop on us like rain in spring. When we want our souls to be drenched in that wisdom, we need only be quiet and observant to each moment that is before us. Those who practice awareness in the moment find that giving a word in season and even hearing a word in season is natural and effortless. Wrestling with the past or fantasizing about the future stops our powers of observation, and the words from heaven often go unnoticed.

So, stop right now. Be still. Let the drops from heaven fall gently on you.

— Renee Miller

Psalms – Just can't get enough

revrevwine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:10:10 +0000

Psalter – more fun facts:

from Qumran: The earliest extra-biblical evidence of interpreting the Psalms comes from Qumran, where 4 fragmentary commentaries were discovered. Only the book of Isaiah, w/5, surpasses the Psalms in this regard. The number of copies of the Psalter, 31, exceeds all other biblical books (the Book of Duet is 2nd w/25, and Isaiah is 3rd w/ 18).

Book of Psalms most quoted OT book in the NT.

Not surprisingly, the Psalter is the 1st book to appear in print (1477)

In British North America, the first book printed was the Bay Psalm Book in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.