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Saturday, June 7, 2025
"For God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."
(John 4:24, George Lamsa Translation)
The Aramaic word translated here and elsewhere in the Bible as spirit is RUACH, pronounced in the Aramaic dialect as "roo…
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Mother’s Day Prayer
Knowing there is one ever-present Universal Intelligence flowing in and around and through all and is ever-present. I pray for All Mothers today on Mother’s Day. There are so many different Mothers; those who gave birth…
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Heart Strings
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’
(Luke 10:27 NRSV)
Is something tugging on your heartstrings?
It’s…
Friday, April 4, 2025
"Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
(John 3:5, Lamsa Translation)
I used to think that being born of water means our birth from the…
Thursday, March 6, 2025
End of Days
"Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea. And four great beasts came up out of the sea, differing one from another."
(Daniel 7:2-3 Lamsa Translation)
One of the…
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Reflections in the Garden
"And [Jesus] said, To what shall we compare the kingdom of God? and with what parable shall we picture it?
It is just like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seed on…
Thursday, October 31, 2024
" The Good News "
In those days came John the Baptist; and he was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying, ‘Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is near.’
(Matthew 3:1-2 Lamsa Translation)
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, ‘…
Monday, September 30, 2024
" Arrived "
(qerev)
“… [Jesus] answered them: What you are waiting for has already come, but you do not see it.”
(Gospel of Thomas, saying 51)
The word translated as "Kingdom" appears 109 times in the four gospels. The word translated as…
Saturday, August 10, 2024
" Repent "
(tuwbw)
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
(Romans 12:2 NRSV)
What comes to mind when you…
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
" The Kingdom of Heaven "
(malkuta dashmaya)
"Yeshua said,
“If your leaders tell you, “Look, the kingdom is in heaven,”then the birds of heaven will precede you.
If they say to you, “It’s in the sea,” then the fish will precede you.
But the…