“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
Second Sunday After Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 10, 2013
The problem in the Church today is our ignorance of spirituality. When we do not know something and we do not know we do not know it, we tend to think we know it. What the church does not seem to know is how to abide in Jesus. Read more
First Sunday After Epiphany
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Jan 03, 2013
What Epiphany is, is what it is. It is a sudden appearance or manifestation of a divine being. It is not something that happened two thousand or so years ago. It is what is happening now. The Gospel story of the wise men is not for historical remembrance but for spiritual insight for each of us today, for the season and for life. Read more
Pentecost XIV Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
Posted by Paul Edwards (Fr. Paul) on Aug 23, 2012
In Mark 7:6, Jesus said," These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, in vain do they worship me." This parable is the difference between what we think in rational Worldly way and how we think in Godly spirituality. Worldly rational teaching tells people what to do to worship outwardly. Godly spiritual teaching points to how to worship Inwardly. Read more
Dealing with Unfathfulness
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Mar 20, 2012
She has lost all trust in me. I have said I am sorry, but she keeps bring it up to me. When is she going to get over it a so we can move on together? In Three Dimensional Spirituality you realize what you are thinking is not working. You need to change from what, to how you are thinking. Getting in touch with your inner Presence can give you Peace in and not about what you did. Read more
Parent Teen Issues
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Mar 13, 2012
My parents never listen to me and I don't listen to them. It seems as if you have a problem with your parents. Everyone including you are looking for only one thing, to feel good. Everyone, including you, have only three ways to solve any problem. In Three Dimensional Spirituality, you discover you have within you, a spiritual Presence of Peace you can depend on. It can bring emotional balance into your life. Read more
Spiritual Solutions for Relationships
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Mar 06, 2012
In one Dimensional Spirituality, relationship fights are caused by low moods. Each of you is trying to change the others mood so you can have a high mood. When one is in a low mood, you try to get the other in a low mood by fighting over something "stupid". Each of you thinks if they can get the other person to agree with them, they will find peace. Three Dimensional Spirituality is changing from low mood, what you are thinking, to high mood, how you are thinking. Read more
3D Spirituality and Conflicts in Relationships
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Feb 29, 2012
In one Dimensional Spirituality, you try to change the other so you can feel better. In Two Dimensional Spirituality you realize you cannot change him. In the Three Dimensional Spirituality, you are not looking for answers but a solution. Read more
Spiritual Intelligence: 12 Steps to Life
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Nov 21, 2011
The problem is people who want to feel good are looking on the outside rather than on the inside to find the presence of God. If you have spiritual intelligence, you are working a twelve-step program. And if you are working a twelve-step program, you have spiritual intelligence. Read more
3D Spirituality
Posted by Paul Edwards (The Rev) on Aug 08, 2011
The Rev's take on 3D Spirituality Read more
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