This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! Modern day psychology tells us we must look inside ourselves to find what we want. What is inside us is a spiritual Presence. It is called "God" because it is not ours. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 4: Follow Your Heart
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jun 26, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! It seems so simple when others tell us to follow our heart. What does it mean to do so? We need a reason to follow our heart. As long as the logic of our head works, we will find little to discover what following the heart has to offer. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 3: The Rational Head
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jun 19, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! It is impossible for the rational head to feel the spiritual heart. When we are in the Peace, Love, and Joy of the heart, we will think, feel, and act differently than when we are out of it. We can have negative thoughts that create negative feelings about the same thing we think about when in the heart. The difference is we will have Wisdom from the heart we never could have in the head. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 2: The Heart
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jun 12, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! Following our heart increases the quality of our life and health. What is the Heart like? Think of the heart as our spiritual immune system. A healthy heart will protect our spiritual and physical body against the emotions of the pressures, stresses, and pain that come from outside events. Read more
Follow Your Heart Part 1: Listen to Your Heart and Follow It
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jun 05, 2012
This twelve part series is an attempt to make clear how to follow our heart by explaining an intangible concept!! To trust our heart is to understand that something inside of us is superior to outside circumstance. In the experience of the heart we will find Peace and Wisdom we can always depend upon under any circumstance. Read more
Common Sense in the Information Age
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 17, 2012
The time we live in is commonly called "The Information Age". The current age is characterized by the ability of individuals to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. We have been transformed into an information society. Instant news coming to us by computers, twitter, texting, and cell phones. It has made us learning junkies. We have become addicted to seeking more and more information and knowledge. Read more
Human Nature and Spiritual Nature
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 04, 2012
Our human nature is based on, "our thoughts create our feelings of God's Love about what happens to us." When what happens to us goes well, we feel at Peace. If what happens to us does not go well, we must change the event to feel at Peace. The problem arises because if we cannot change the event, we will feel upset. The good news is, while we cannot change human nature, we can transcend it. Read more
Meditations on Year B Christmas Eve
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Dec 15, 2011
One of the sayings I hear around Christmas is "it does not seem like Christmas." It is an interesting question to ask ourselves: "What do I need for Christmas to seem like Christmas?" Read more
Christianity is not Politically Correct
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on May 02, 2011
Christianity may not be considered as being PC (politically correct) and Christians may not know it. At a conference on comparative religions, theologians from all faiths discussed the uniqueness of their faith. They questioned the uniqueness of Christianity's doctrine of the Incarnation and the Resurrection. Other religions have had different versions of gods born in human form and accounts of their return from death. They asked C. S. Lewis what was the uniqueness of Christianity? Lewis responded, "Oh, that's easy. It's grace." Read more
What We Believe Is Determined By "How" We Believe
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on May 01, 2011
What we believe determines the kind of life we will live. How we believe is the determining factor of what we believe. There are an infinite number of things about what we can believe. There are only two ways that determine how we believe. Read more
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