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Connection...the Continuing Adventure of Family

"The brochure is a lie." "We may eventually learn that what's most important in this life is not overcoming weaknesses, but learning to love those who have them. It's the relationships that matter." Joseph Grenny "I believe people come into our lives as a blessing or a lesson, and it's up to us to figure out which is which." From the movie "Mrs. Miracle" ...

Making Peace...

"Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Phillipians 4:6-7 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Jesus...John 14:27 When I was at Desert Solace, one day I read those two verses in Phillipians, and since I was just beginning to see things with new eyes, the idea of a peace that passes all understanding just jumped off the page at me! Imagine...experiencing a personal peace that cannot be understood! That cannot be explained! That cannot be defined! What!? And I remember thinking right away, "How?" Something like that seemed so out of reach for me, and...

Bring the Spirit...Music!

K-LOVE CONCERT AT RED ROCKS IN DENVER...AUGUST 2023 THE MILLENIAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA IN PALMYRA, NEW YORK...JUNE, 2024 "For my soul delighteth in the song of the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me...Wherefore lift up your heart and rejoice." Doctrine and Covenants 25:12-13 "And it shall come to pass that the righteous shall be gathered out from among all nations, and shall come to Zion, singing with songs of everlasting praise." Doctrine and Covenants 45:71 "Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing." Psalm 100:2 "I need music like I need water." Amy Grant "The Truth" by Megan Woods How many times can you hear the same lie b efore you start to believe it? The enemy keeps whisperin' to me, I swear these days, it's all I'm hearin' I used to know who I was, n ow I look in the mirror and I'm not so sure Lord, I don't wanna listen to the lies any mo...

Spiritual Connection and Recovery...Why Church

"The opposite of addiction is connection" "An exalting (church) community isn't just a group with whom to believe, it's an intimate bond with those who help us to become...An exalting community thrives or fails depending on how people show up in two moments: weakness and disbelief." Joseph Grenny "For where two or more are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Jesus...Matthew 18:20 "As church attendance numbers fade across the nation and online services become very convenient, it's important to remember why church attendance for you and your family matters so much. You can't serve from your sofa. You can't have community of faith on your sofa. You can't experience the po...

A FRESH VIEW...

"Without the Redeemer, the inherent hope and joy evaporate, and repentance becomes simply miserable behavior modification." Elder Dale G. Renlund "The invitation to repent is an expression of God's love. Saying yes to that invitation is an expression of ours." Tamara W. Runia "I suspect that discovering what a Christian life looks like depends a lot on discovering the fact that repentance is a practice of joy, that this is something that you want to take up all day long, every day, as a way of engaging the world, rather than something that you want to avoid at all costs as a last resort, in light of your own imperfection." Adam Mil...

Weekend in Torrey..."The Mountain"

"Grace is shockingly personal. As Henri Nouwen points out, 'God rejoices not because the problems of the world have been solved, not because all human pain and suffering have come to an end, nor because thousands of people have been converted and are now praising Him for His goodness. No, God rejoices because one of His children who was lost has been found.'" Phillip Yancey "...I believe that when you are given a certain path in life, you have a spiritual responsibility, a spiritual opportunity to walk that path...to walk that path and bring some good into the world as a result of it. The only way you help people come out of the shadows is by coming out of the shadows yourself. The only way to find hope in your own life is by helping others find hope." ...

Spiritually Awakened...Sharing the Message. Step 12...

"What was given to you freely, you must give away freely." Matthew 10:8 "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." Mahatma Gandhi "As every man has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." 1 Peter 4:10 Step 12: "Having had a spiritual awakening through the Atonement of Jesus Christ as a result of taking these steps, we share this message with others and practice these principles in all we do." The key principle of this step is Service. It's interesting what this step does NOT say. It does NOT say, "When you are completely sober..." It does NOT say, "When you feel better about yourself..." Step 12 says, "Having had a spiritual awakening..." What does that tell us? Recovery is a spiritual process and comes as the result of both our efforts to step into relat...