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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.

Honest Questions

Posted on June 2, 2019June 2, 2019 by Michael Rose
The following was never intended to be a blog post.  Truth be told, I wrote it in a moment of heartbreak and I shared it on Facebook. Multiple likes and shares later, I thought maybe it might be worth sharing here. There are a lot of people asking tough questions.  It would be a mistake…
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What’s your Puddle of Piss?

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Michael Rose
A fly sat on a straw on a puddle of donkey piss full of pride it lifted up its head: ”I am the captain of this ship master of this ocean!” – Rumi Translated and emitted by Omid Safi Radical Love.  Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Traditions
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Deeper for the sake of Good

Posted on February 8, 2019September 18, 2020 by Michael Rose
The Big Idea: Our best, most authentic work needs to be rooted in something bigger than us and our good work. A deep guiding force that keeps us from being consumed by our good work or worse, becoming that which we resist. We think that the good work in and of itself will keep us…
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Facing my Violence for Justice Sake

Posted on February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 by Michael Rose
Volumes have been spewed on the Washington Memorial – Covington School – Black Israelites – Indigenous drummer incident a week or so ago. As I watched, I became more distraught.  Through the cauldron of emotion I sensed a nudge to suspend judgement.  An invitation to pause and to “see”. What I saw in myself was…
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When Dirt isn’t Dirty

Posted on December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 by Michael Rose
I was at a gathering a couple of weeks ago, and one of the folks facilitating chose dirt as a metaphor.  He rode that metaphor pretty hard as he reminded us repeatedly that we are dirty by nature and because dirty isn’t good we needed Jesus to make us clean.  Sometimes, when we ride a…
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Advent – Birthing of Christ Conciousness

Posted on December 18, 2018December 16, 2022 by Michael Rose
So, this post is a bit different for me.  The experience I share isn’t unusual for me; it is the sharing of it that is unusual. I am reluctant to share some of the more intimate experiences but felt this might be an encouragement to someone. Last week during a quiet time,  I found myself…
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Sanitized for your Convenience?

Posted on December 15, 2018December 23, 2020 by Michael Rose
I don’t know why but for some reason I have this hangover from my early religious training – that God abhors a mess.  There was a season many years ago that I can remember teaching that the Father actually turned His face away from Jesus on the cross because Jesus was becoming sin (on our…
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Human Being versus Doing. Towards Wholeness

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by Michael Rose
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…
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Motivated by Meaning

Posted on October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 by Michael Rose
A fascinating 1972 video clip of Viktor Frankl, filmed in Toronto, Canada.  In this video, Frankl is calling humanity to aim to a higher standard, to pick a target beyond ourselves and while we may fall short, he argues we will reach further or closer to wholeness than if we aimed for something less.   In…
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A Hell of a Difference

Posted on October 18, 2018October 20, 2018 by Michael Rose
Once upon a time, there lived a woman who wished she could understand the difference between Heaven and Hell.  She petitioned God for such an experience, and one day God came to her in a dream. God said to the woman, “I have heard your prayer, and I am willing to grant your request.  I…
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