Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost: Never mistake legalism for grace. One wants you to make a living, the other helps you make a life! Think Legalism: “Remember” is to recall the event. Feel Grace: “Remember” is to feel the event. Read more
Year C Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 30, 2013
Year C Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 23, 2013
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost: When Grace has your heart, God has you! Think Legalism: “Righteous” are those who are always right. Feel Grace: “Righteous” are those who are in a right relationship with God. Read more
Year C Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 16, 2013
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 8:3 - For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son. Never mistake legalism for grace. One wants you to make a living, the other helps you make a life! Think Legalism: “Those who Love me” is loving God to be delivered. Feel Grace: “Those who Love me” are those who feel the Love of God. 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
Hope Is God's FLU Shot at the Start of the New Year
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 27, 2011
This is one of the few times New Years is on a Sunday. Everyone has a pole in front of them as they start their yearly journey. My pole says 80. It means I have been traveling this life for eighty years. It tells us how long we have been traveling, but not how long it will be. That is why each New Year needs to be celebrated. It is a precious time for us all. What is the answer to this coming year? Read more
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