THREE BONUSES: a resilience analogy; music link; and 2nd poem;
August 6, 2018Practical ideas for Sunday School discussions, for church contemplations and for living love.
Practical ideas for Sunday School discussions, for church contemplations and for living love.
With so much emphasis this week on consumerist love (with all of its expectations, comparisons, disappointments, and possessiveness), we’re focusing on a deeper kind of love as it’s presented in I Corinthians 13 (this summer’s theme).
Classic Groundhog Day BONUS: Trade prognosticated prisons for divine Love prophesies! (Warren Huff's annual Met with ideas for redemption when healing has been delayed) With a big Groundhog Day celebration today in Punxsutawney, PA, you may want to join me in thinking about some of the fun and potentially healing lessons in the 1993 classic […]
In time-travels to past Halloweens I’ve seen Americans open their doors to many frightful and grisly characters (and some lovely and funny ones too). You who welcome these characters at the end of October seem to know that an illusion is being presented by children who are “presently restored…” to normal “by the… simple process” of removing their disguises. You are never are fooled, no matter how outlandishly ugly (or beautiful) the costumes worn by trick-or-treaters. But unfortunately other tricksters that knock every hour on the door of thought in all kinds of convincing-looking disguises are usually not detected as quickly—although they are equally unreal.
To go along with Christie’s Met Application Ideas, we hope you will enjoy these insights from both Cobbey Crisler and The Mary Baker Eddy Library on select citations from the Christian Science Bible Lesson on “Doctrine of Atonement” for Oct. 15, 2017)
Enjoy Cobbey Crisler insights on select Bible citations from
the Christian Science Bible Lesson on “Mind” for August 20, 2017
It’s never too late to look for Love in all the right places! Better than getting candy and roses (that are all-too-soon gone) is having a post-Valentine’s Day treasure hunt for the true Love that lasts forever! Finding lasting Love is accomplished with carefree ease, when you look for and expect to find it in all the right places—instead of “in all the wrong places.” Have fun seeking and finding true Love in the amazing “Angel Love Songs” being sung at this very moment to you and AS YOU!
No matter if I (Phil) saw my own shadow or not today, YOU will never see your own shadow or be fearful, as long as you face the sun (Son)! And, no matter how often nasty winter storm patterns seem to be repeated, “It matters not what be thy lot, so Love doth guide; For storm or shine, pure peace is thine, whate’er betide” Hymn 160 “Satisfied”
With a big Groundhog Day celebration today in Punxsutawney, PA, you may want to join me in thinking about some of the fun and potentially healing lessons in the 1993 classic movie, “Groundhog Day.” (The AMC Channel on local cable and video providers will also offer airings of the movie this weekend. Check your local listings.) Those who seem to wake up day after day to the same nightmarish conditions, no matter how hard they pray, need despair no longer! When so-called “involuntary” conditions beyond your control seem to be “socked in” forever, it may help to remember the situation that Bill Murray faced in the movie, “Groundhog Day.” No matter what he did, he awoke, day after day, trapped in the same scenario of circumstances that seemed beyond his control.
In time-travels to past Halloweens I’ve seen Americans open their doors to many frightful and grisly characters (and some lovely and funny ones too). You who welcome these characters at the end of October seem to know that an illusion is being presented by children who are “presently restored…” to normal “by the… simple process” of removing their disguises. You are never are fooled, no matter how outlandishly ugly (or beautiful) the costumes worn by trick-or-treaters. But unfortunately other tricksters that knock every hour on the door of thought in all kinds of convincing-looking disguises are usually not detected as quickly—although they are equally unreal.