Category Archives: Growing Deeper
Resources for cultivating a life-long journey of a deeply personal relationship with God and more meaningful relationships with others. Rooted deeply in a paradigm of love and acceptance, you continue in your unique Spirit-inspired spiritual / faith journey. Employing the insights of ancient and contemporary thinkers, poets, prophets and sages, you are provided with tools to develop your own unique relationship with God in a way that encourages healthy faith in the day to day of real life. Discovering abundant life and meaning which is consistent with who you were created to be.

My Plumber Thinks I Should Pay Him

With tongue in cheek, the Rant begins… I think everyone ought to know plumbing. Really! No, not just know a little something but competent to do all things plumbing. Fathers should teach sons and daughters everything there is to know about plumbing. After all,there’s not much to it, lots of books available, the internet and don’t forget the code…

God will often offend the mind to reveal the heart, and the following is a short story I wrote as an adaptation of the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. Set in the modern day, I have attempted to re-tell this powerful story in such a way that we can identify with each of the…

In this audio edition of Rhythms of the Heart we reflect on Mark 4:35-40 where Jesus and his disciples are crossing in a boat and meet a severe storm that threatens to sink the boat. Reflecting upon this story of Jesus' life, what is God saying to you in it? We listen first to glean the principles.…

Have you ever found yourself feeling really weighed down and anxious about a situation that seemingly you have no control over? It is an ugly feeling that seems to gnaw away, sometimes quietly and other times quite overtly, but all the while bringing a general sense of dis-ease. This is a very real form of…

In this restful audio reflection you prayerfully look back over your day. As you review your day, you ask God to bring those things to mind that He wishes. As you become aware of situations and feeling, you are invited to offer these back to God to perhaps hear what He might be saying and…

In this audio reflection, Michael leads us through some thoughts on John 8:33-46. Jesus is speaking about freedom and the fact that His words are truth and bring freedom. Jesus contrasts this with sin and lies which bring slavery. Often times we believe lies about ourselves or a situation, and these lies (that may have…

I am cultivating silence in my life. It is not about eliminating the noise of life but becoming quiet in my mind and in my heart. I am cultivating rest in my life. Not inactivity but an interior stillness amidst everyday life which displaces driven-ness. I am cultivating weakness in my life. Being honest and…

It is true that God can use all things for our good - even our sin and brokenness. St. Augustine would call sin his blessed vice because he knew his sin would drive him back to the foot of the cross - relieving him from the heavy burden of it. This is the beauty and…

A farmer walks into the local diner. He sits down, wipes the sweat from his brow, and orders a coffee. The diner is a buzz with other locals talking about everything from the state of the economy to politics and how the crops were coming along. The banter was lively and folksy as the farmer's…

The great philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once suggested that life is best understood looking backwards, but it must be lived forwards. A conundrum for sure, for how many of us would like to know how things will work out before we start instead of afterwards! Regardless, while we can’t know every last detail of our future,…

July 7, 2013
Love is…Humble

Brennan Manning once said that true humility is not a poor opinion of yourself, rather, no opinion of yourself. So it is with authentic love. Love simply loves unaware that it is actually loving - it just does. Love is unselfconscious. Consider a lamp. An illumined lamp gives light not because it is trying to give light but Continue Reading...
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August 7, 2018
Breathe: Meditation

Meditation is becoming more and more popular with people. Where once it was relegated to the monks that inhabited the mountains of Tibet, or the hippy flower children, the benefits of meditation are being experienced by more and more people....
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October 30, 2018
Human Being versus Doing. Towards Wholeness

I am not alone when I admit I have wrestled with the being versus doing dichotomy. In essence, it's a longing to live more authentically, to experience meaning in those things we do and not feeling disconnected from our sense of being whether by mindless rote, guilt or unhealthy obligation. I know that this was a significant issue in my Continue Reading...
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