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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…

Thorns of Life

Posted on September 27, 2018November 14, 2024 by Michael Rose

I came across this story while listening to the audiobook version of The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer. It struck me so profoundly I spent the next few kilometres repeating the stunned mantra of “Oh wow… oh wow…”. I was so moved that I wanted to retell it in my own words to reduce…

Things we Gotta Stop Saying to Grieving People

Posted on August 13, 2018January 25, 2021 by Michael Rose

The sad part for me as a Grief Recovery Specialist is how often these memes and well-intentioned comments are often propagating myths about loss which can become unhelpful barriers towards our finding some healing.

Heaven in Hell’s Despair

Posted on August 10, 2018August 9, 2018 by Michael Rose

“Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.” -William Blake, from The Clod and the Pebble Love is the primary element in the alchemy of the Beautiful Way. It is the creative, restorative force that enlivens and sustains…

A Bridge or a Treadmill?

Posted on May 10, 2018September 29, 2018 by Michael Rose

Okay, I admit it! I like retro cartoons – cartoons from my youth. I like the characters, the zany plots, the animation and the music. I guess somewhere deep inside me is a 10-year-old boy whose happiest times were watching the likes of Bugs Bunny, the Flintstones, and Scooby Doo. The other day I caught a…

Loving our Enemies doesn’t mean denying our Anger

Posted on April 5, 2018February 23, 2021 by Michael Rose

I’m so excited to see many of my friends actively engaging in trying to live lives of love. It continues to be a personal mission of mine to encourage and inspire people to love well. Learning to live loved and live love is a truly transforming way to impact ourselves, homes, cities, and the world….

The Hum of the Creating Heart

Posted on November 17, 2017November 20, 2017 by Michael Rose

It turns out that hum I hear in my head may be something more than the hamster on the wheel! Can you hear it? Can you hear the hum, the electromagnetic hum of molecules as they interact in all things? It’s not something we can hear audibly (but I suspect we can intuit), and yet…

I’m Burnt Out on Outrage

Posted on October 25, 2017October 24, 2017 by Michael Rose

I was speaking with a friend today who was expressing indignation at a particularly twisted bit of theology. It was one of those things one can only shake one’s head, with mouth agape in wonderment, at such profound theological abuse. I found that in reading it, I had no energy to be outraged. Yes, it…

Who Mourns the Sparrow?

Posted on May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 by Michael Rose

Who will mourn the Sparrow? After all, what’s a sparrows life worth? How could we measure? Two for a penny? Four on sale? With no fanfare, no prayers, no eulogy No acknowledgement they ever lived Two for a penny? Four on sale? Surely it doesn’t escape its creators gaze Assuredly ascending in Her tender care…

Healing through Love

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Michael Rose

“Hurt people, hurt people.” Have you ever heard this saying? We all can recall a time when we have been on the receiving end of a hurting person, and truth be told, there are probably a few occasions where we have been the person doing the hurting. When we don’t deal with our hurt and…