Second Sunday of Easter. "Peace be with you.” We try to change our worldly life to feel God’s Presence. Godly feeling God’s Presence changes our life. We try to be peaceful to feel His Peace. In feeling the Peace He has for and in us, we become Peaceful. Read more
Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 24, 2013
“The greatest of these is Love.” This does not mean Love is the best. Legalism is interested in which is better, Faith, Hope or Love? If we think Love is the best, then we will spend more time learning about Love. Faith and Hope can almost be ignored because Love is the best. However that is not what Paul said. He did say it was the greatest, but that does not mean it is the best. It means that these three are part of the whole. Read more
Christmas
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 20, 2012
The tragedy at Newtown will always be a painful memory. The question asked is, “Where was God?” We think of God as Loving, Almighty and all Knowing. He knew this was to happen so why did He not intervene? The answer is to face the fact that we are in a spiritual war between good and evil. An emotional Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy got it right when he said that Evil visited the Village of Newtown. Read more
Advent I
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Nov 22, 2012
The theme for the Advent Season is to recognize how our Worldly thought outside of the Presence can create negative feelings and how the Godly feeling in the Presence can create positive thoughts in the same situation. Luke 21:25-36. Read more
Pentecost XXII Mark 10:46-52
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Oct 18, 2012
Mark 10:46-52. “Call him!" There are two ways of seeing things, worldly and godly. Worldly understanding sees the physical as real and the spiritual as symbolic. Godly understanding sees the spiritual as real and the physical as symbolic. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 10: The Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 07, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! There are four spiritual gifts in the Presence: Peace, Love, Joy, and Wisdom. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 8: The Wisdom of the Heart
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jul 24, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! When we are "down and out", our rational head determines how we feel about the event. When we are "up and in", the feeling of the Presence creates the thought or the Wisdom in the event. Read more
Pentecost IX John 6:1-21
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jul 19, 2012
This parable is the principle between what you think rationally and how you think spiritually. If you read it rationally you will apply the principle to understand the scripture. If you read it spiritually you will apply the scripture to understand the principle. Rationally, this is John telling us the story of what Jesus did to feed the 5,000. Spiritually, this is Jesus wanting his disciples and us to understand the principle of the difference between a "what" and a "how." Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 7: Head Logic or Heart Wisdom
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jul 17, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! Out of the Presence, the rational head can create a negative conscious heart feeling about a situation. In the Presence, the feeling of the conscious heart can create a Peaceful, Loving, and Joyful rational thought in, not about, the event. Read more
EASTER VII John 15:6-19
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on May 10, 2012
Only Spiritual understanding can explain what Jesus meant when He prayed to the Father that He had given His words to the Apostles and they received or kept them. This does not mean they memorized them as the "Q" source would contend. It means they received them in their heart. Spiritual understanding is that Jesus put His words in the Apostles hearts, as well as in ours. This is why He never wrote down any of His words. Jesus is the Word of God. Read more
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