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.

Prayer for Busy People

It’s a no-brainer to say life can be incredibly fast paced and busy for many people! There are more demands for our time than time in a day, and yet we strive to do it all, aware that many things fall through the cracks. Time with God, (prayer) can be one of those things that fall…

Ever feel like you are overrun by the mundane in your life? Having dinner with some friends the other night and our conversation quickly turned to life and significance. We all could agree that significance comes from something bigger than ourselves and for us around the table, we agreed, that something bigger was Jesus.…

I live in a busy household. With three sons and my wife, there are always lots of things going on which can make getting some quiet prayer time a bit of a challenge. I prefer a quiet time in the early morning - it helps me start the day well, focused and with purpose. Obviously,…

Have you ever felt like you are being ambushed by stress, fear, worry, and anxiety? Sometimes the unpleasant feelings can be so overwhelming, making it very difficult to get a proper perspective, focus on the tasks at hand and make good decisions. Here is a useful tool for dealing with these feelings. The Welcoming Prayer…

The Veil Is Thin Tonight

The veil Between heaven And earth Is thin Tonight And You My sweet Love Are most alluring Evasively intoxicating Stretched out Upon the horizon In rapturous Beguiling beauty Gossamer garments Garland Your skin A shimmering tapestry Of timeless, translucent Transcendence Refracting Your radiance Pure light! The reckless raging Maelstrom of Your Love Bursting Into…

"Gloria Dei vivens homo” proclaimed St. Irenaeus, the second century Bishop of Lyons. It translates generously to “the glory of God is men and women who are truly alive.” He, with great enthusiasm, declares that God is glorified by people like you and me who are fully alive human beings – fully enlivened by divine love…

Self-help is all the rage these days. One can assume that the voracious appetite for this kind of material serves to illustrate the perceived need of folks who are working very hard to be better, to improve with a goal to be more successful, and more fulfilled and happy. I can certainly understand this desire.…

Bruised and Broken? God has a Plan for You!

Thornton Wilder's play, “The Angel that Troubled the Waters” is based on the story found in John 5:1- 5 with an interesting twist. The play tells the story of a doctor who visits the pool of Bethesda in hopes that he could be the first in the water when the angel appears and troubles the…

They say that you become what you look at, and I think in many ways they're right. For example, if we spend a lot of time watching violent movies or video games we can become desensitized to violence, and some studies suggest that we are much more likely to behave violently. If we focus…

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. A story can hold so much more than dry propositions or facts and one of the reasons Jesus was such an effective communicator was because He employed stories. In these stories, Jesus could communicate big ideas in a way that they could be more accessible. These stories have come to…

July 26, 2011
Inspiring Leaders

Today's effective, healthy leaders understand that those they lead are not a commodity to be consumed. No longer a product to be bought and used to serve the grand vision of the leader. More people are seeking significance from their work. Where in generations past employees have been content to contort for the sake of the pay cheque, this is Continue Reading...
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October 2, 2020
Being our Best Empath Self

For a long time, I couldn’t figure it out. They would come to shake my hand and greet me warmly, yet I often felt bewildered and confused. Confused because what I saw on the outside with a warm welcome strangely seemed to conflict with what their soul seemed to be screaming in their insides. Happy and warm on the outside Continue Reading...
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October 1, 2012
12 Traits of Inspired Leadership

"The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve." - John Stott Inspired Leadership flows from a growing maturity on the part of the leader. Inspiring leaders are dedicated Continue Reading...
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Prayer for Busy People

Heroic Living

Dealing with Distractions while Praying

The Welcoming Prayer

The Veil Is Thin Tonight

Being Fully Alive & The Glory of God

Climbing the Ladder of Real Success

Bruised and Broken? God has a Plan for You!

Looking at Jesus

Jesus. A Parable of God

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Inspiring Leaders

Being our Best Empath Self

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