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It could be argued that learning to trust God is one of the most significant things a human being can do. But this trust must be based on an understanding of God’s all-power and goodness, as Christ Jesus illustrated, and then it can bring to our experience a feeling of calm and an expectancy of good with complete confidence.

What is the nature of our true spiritual being, which is always at hand for us to discern and demonstrate?  Whenever I delve into thinking about this, about what we truly are, I just get blown away. (I’m not new to this kind of thinking, either!) My amazement must be similar to the wonder and awe the Psalmist felt when he asked the same basic question and then received his answer:  “O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

“I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” ( I Corinthians 14:15 ). There are many ways to pray.

The glass slipped out of my hands and shattered all over the kitchen floor. Then I heard a familiar sound.

Academic and professional arenas provide many challenges and opportunities. Over many years spent in them, I have found it key to listen for God’s guidance and inspiration—to reason from a spiritual basis of knowing that the divine Mind, God, is always present to guide me in doing my best.

My favorite way to watch a sunset is to be still, to stay in place and watch as the colors of the sky change and the glowing sun settles over the horizon.   Lately I have been considering this idea of stillness, not so much as it relates to watching a sunset, but to prayer.

Dear Barnabas ,  Today, as I was considering your amazing contribution to our Cause, I just couldn’t help but stop for a while to give gratitude. First, thank you for your incredibly generous financial support.

The author shares how to express the grace that does not react but instead envelops each individual with appreciation, tenderness, and spiritual truth.

What a joyous , inspiring, and encouraging commemoration Easter is! It’s a time when the world is reminded that Life is indestructible and everlasting. We owe an immeasurable debt of gratitude to Christ Jesus for showing us this unchanging divine fact, which he proved to the world after evidently dying on the cross after a brutal crucifixion.

Oh, how I was dreading that final paper! The assignment seemed overwhelming, and so I procrastinated—big time. All I could think was, “I will be so happy when this stupid paper is finished.