Creating Safe Spaces To Know God In Ourselves More Deeply
God doesn’t play by human rules or wishes. God invites us into Life where grace, mercy, love and forgiveness abound for each of us. God doesn’t give as the world gives. God asks us to receive and to give in new ways. God invites us to use the gifts we were each given for the benefit of all of us.
Painting by Adele Wayman: "Daylilies, Oriental Lily, Blue Hydrangea", oil and oil stick on canvas, 34 x 55 inches, 2011©
We all have gifts and all of our gifts are necessary and important for the whole community to function well and be healthy. Our gifts are a treasure map hidden piece by piece inside each of us. We can’t find the treasure unless we decide to value and lift up all the pieces.
Read MoreJesus’ images of the kingdom of heaven challenge the market or merit economy that is our culturally accepted norm.
Read MoreIf we desire to live more and more in God's economy, we need to reflect on our learned and habitual patterns of giving.
Read MoreNEW PODCAST: When we begin to live and move in God's economy, we find that the way we have always believed the world works is not the whole story.
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