Category: 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.

Rhythms of the Heart

Devotion Untangled

Posted on by Michael Rose
Rhythms of the Heart –  In this video edition, Michael explores the role of devotion or spiritual practices for your unique life.  Because each person is uniquely created, one size DOESN”T fit all!   Unchain yourself from unhealthy religious obligation and practices which may just not be a good fit for you and your spiritual journey….
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A Humbling Homily

Posted on by Michael Rose
Humility is one of those things in life I have always struggled with.  It is considered a pillar of Christianity, and an attribute we should demonstrate regularly as Jesus’ coheirs, who supposedly bear his image to the world.  Any sincere Christian who has read the gospels can see that, in light of the self-righteous Pharisees,…
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Faith & Forgiveness

Posted on by Michael Rose
I do some marriage counseling with both Christians and those who don’t yet know Christ. In the process, I’ve found that forgiveness is just as much a problem with “believers” as it is with those who have never received God’s forgiveness. While reading Luke 17 the other day, I noticed for the first time how…
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Live True, Live Free

Posted on by Michael Rose
Woke up this morning feeling quite off balance.  A weird confession perhaps for someone who is passionate about what he does.  Regardless, I felt off balance.  I felt as if some how I had drifted away from the “sweet spot” – that place that I like to live from where I am at peace with…
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Rhythms of the Heart

Intimacy with God Reflection

Posted on by Michael Rose
Rhythms of the Heart.   The key to a rich and dynamic spirituality in the cultivation of intimacy with God.  This is a process like any journey with each step yielding a great sense of peace.  Spring boarding from the story of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25, we reflect upon the imagery within the story…
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Rhythms of the Heart

Treasures & Pearls

Posted on by Michael Rose
Rhythms of The Heart – In this edition we explore two familiar Parables.  The Parable of the Treasure found in a field and the Pearl of great price (Mt 13:44-).  Jesus shares these two stories with his friends to explain a little bit of the Kingdom of God. We examine two facets or two different…
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