Mark 8:27-38. "Who do you say that I am?" There is a very fine line between how you think "up and in" or "down and out". What you think about this parable is irrelevant. How you think, either abiding or not abiding, is what is relevant. Read more
Year B Pentecost XVI Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Sep 03, 2012
Bottom Line meditations for Pentecost XVI. It is essential to know we will think differently when IN the GODLY Peace of God than when WORLDLY OUT and feeling disturbed. Read more
Year B Pentecost XV Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 27, 2012
Bottom Line meditations for Pentecost XV. It is essential to know how to consciously see with the eyes of our heart. Ephesians 1:18 Discover what difference reading these scriptures in a Worldly or a Godly way make. Read more
Year B Pentecost XIV Bottom Line Meditations
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 20, 2012
Bottom Line meditations for Pentecost XIV. Godly Abiding Spiritually in Jesus Changes the Meaning of What we See Worldly When Not Abiding in Jesus. Discover what difference reading these scriptures in a Worldly or a Godly way make. Read more
Meditations on Year B Publishing Change
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 19, 2012
I am starting an additional publication each week that is designed to help you understand the Meditations in a more "Godly" way rather than the more typical "Worldly" way. I have named these the "Bottom Line" meditations. The current meditations will continue to be published on Tuesday and these new "Bottom Line" meditations will be published in the same blog the day before, on Monday. Read more
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Mar 22, 2012
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Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Mar 15, 2012
Rational Thinking does not know what spiritual sin or death is. Spiritual Understanding knows separation from God is Sin leading to spiritual death. Read more
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Mar 08, 2012
What do we do with the words of Jesus about Moses? Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. So must the Son of Man be lifted up so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life. Some see this as Jesus being lifted up on the cross. The serpent represents sin. Jesus took on our sin on the cross to save us. The problem here, is trying to fit one's theology into the scripture rather than have the scripture define our theology. Read more
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Mar 01, 2012
When we think of things rationally with our head, the physical is real and the spiritual is symbolic. When we think of things spiritually with our heart, the spiritual is real and the rational becomes symbolic. The challenge is to realize, at certain times, the physical and the spiritual are both real. Read more
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Feb 23, 2012
Take time to wonder what difference it makes if you understand life's events with rational understanding, out of the Presence, or with spiritual understanding, in God's Presence. Read more
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