Sacred Healing 12:30
199 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 483 ratingsYou’ve heard all your life that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. But no one ever told you how. Sacred Healing 12:30 will teach you how to live authentically from the wholyistic love of God in Mark 12:30.
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09 Ep#502 Back to Thérèse & the Series Takeaway
February 12, 2024 09:03 - 48 minutes - 37.8 MBThe point in "healing the inner child" is illustrated and affirmed by an ancient psychological/mythological idea that the way to full maturity is to find what you lost as a child and regain it. The recovery of the child revivifies the adult by teaching the adult how to play, trust, and wonder without judgment again, but with the added maturity and knowledge of being an adult who knows how to organize and protect oneself in the world. The inner child finally gets to express him/herself from a ...
08 Ep#501 How Pharisaism Blocks Healing Communion
February 05, 2024 09:03 - 48 minutes - 39 MBListen, Pharisee, the reason you're lonely, the reason you don't feel "chosen," the reason God hasn't thrown you a party (Parable of the Prodigal), is because you're full of judgments that block communion within yourself and between you and the Father, so that you can't feel comfortable enough with Him to even ask for a party. And if he threw you one now, in the state of Pharisaism you're in, you'd just condemn yourself for wastefulness and not deserving it. As soon as we turn back to our inn...
07 Ep#500 Acknowledging the Darkness
January 22, 2024 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBAll of our spiritual and emotional issues stem from an unconscious unwillingness to acknowledge the darkness in ourselves. In order to resist conscious "seeing" and acknowledging and doing something about the ugly truths in ourselves, we project them onto others, we distract ourselves, and in doing so, we disown parts of ourselves and those parts begin their tyranny. When enough of us do this, our world becomes as disordered as we are inside. It's through conflicts and suffering that enough e...
06 Ep#499 Rescuing the Lost Sheep: Fraternal Correction
January 15, 2024 09:03 - 5 MBSomehow I suspect you've either recently been in a conflict where you were corrected or have seen a need or opportunity to offer correction to another. If not, perhaps it's just around the corner. How about some guidelines from Jesus about that? Because we are God's children, and He warns us sternly against "despising the little ones." After radical detachment, we have to "turn back" to rescue the lost sheep of our inner child, and the lost sheep in our original and church families when the...
05 Ep#498 The Child as a Flesh & Blood Parable
January 08, 2024 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.4 MBUsing Matthew 18 as a touch point for discussion of the inner child is what we call using a "spiritual sense" of Scripture. It's fascinating to me that Jesus emphasized His teaching in 18 and part of 19 by placing children before Him (remember that chapter and verse numbers were not in the original writings, but added for our convenience). Like flesh and blood parables, children bookend His teaching on boundaries, and we learn that not only are healthy boundaries necessary to faith in dea...
04 Ep#497 Separation Anxiety
November 27, 2023 09:05 - 48 minutes - 39.3 MBSeparation anxiety is when someone fears being apart from or losing a person or other attachment figure, a place, or even an animal. Adults can experience separation anxiety, although it is more common in children. Learning necessary, healthy detachment from parents, relatives, friends, and trauma bonds provokes "separation anxiety," does it not? Severe SA can manifest in physical symptoms, such as nausea and headaches. But separation anxiety is a normal part of both childhood development and...
03 Ep #496 The Distressed Inner Child and a Holiday Navigation Guide
November 20, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBDon't all of your issues seem to be exacerbated by the holiday season? We're spending increased amounts of time with people and/or family who may have wounded us or still do. We may feel pressured and obligated by Great Expectations for how things "should" be. Perhaps we labor under the financial burden such expectations add; the sometimes extreme changes in environment, sleep, and schedules at work and with travel that can cause burnout; the many occasions for over-stimulation for us or our ...
Ep #495 The Little Way Visualization Exercise for Your Inner Child
November 13, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38 MBAre you curious? What does your inner child's voice sound like? This episode, perhaps more than any other I've ever done, has the power to change your life. Ask Little Therese for that grace. When we protect and provide love and radical acceptance for our inner child, she glows and warms up inside. We have the inner freedom to breathe more easily and try new things. We know we can tolerate failure or mess ups. We can deal with minor amounts of guilt or shame without getting eaten up with fear...
02 Ep #495 The Little Way Visualization Exercise for Your Inner Child
November 13, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38 MBAre you curious? What does your inner child's voice sound like? This episode, perhaps more than any other I've ever done, has the power to change your life. Ask Little Therese for that grace. When we protect and provide love and radical acceptance for our inner child, she glows and warms up inside. We have the inner freedom to breathe more easily and try new things. We know we can tolerate failure or mess ups. We can deal with minor amounts of guilt or shame without getting eaten up with fear...
Ep #494 St. Thérèse of Lisieux and The Little Way
November 06, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 39.4 MBHealing the heart is about memory and emotion. Whatever and wherever our painful memories and emotions from the past are, they influence our present and future through our inner child. Learning to love the demanding, controlling little you that still screams for attention and protection in your present and future can be challenging, but it is possible, and Jesus teaches it is necessary. "Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matt 18:3). Sometime...
01 Ep #494 St. Thérèse of Lisieux and The Little Way
November 06, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 39.4 MBHealing the heart is about memory and emotion. Whatever and wherever our painful memories and emotions from the past are, they influence our present and future through our inner child. Learning to love the demanding, controlling little you that still screams for attention and protection in your present and future can be challenging, but it is possible, and Jesus teaches it is necessary. "Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matt 18:3). Sometime...
Ep #493 Healing Is the “Why” of the Bible
October 17, 2023 14:07 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBI uploaded the wrong audio file. Please try this one. So sorry! Authentic love treats people better than they deserve, when it is in their best interests. God loves us as His children, despite that we do not deserve it, and He heals us through that love in His Son. "For God so loved [agape] the world that He gave [karis/grace] His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe in Him will have eternal life [peace, shalom, living water, wholeness, healing, integration, supernatural-forever-L...
Ep #493 Healing Is The “Why” of the Bible
October 16, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBAuthentic love treats people better than they deserve, when it is in their best interest. God loves us as His children, despite that we do not deserve it, and He heals us through that love in His Son. "For God so loved [agape] the world that He gave [karis/grace] His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe in Him will have eternal life [peace, shalom, living water, wholeness, healing, integration, supernatural-forever-LIFE]" (John 3:16). Click the pic for details on the next series ...
Ep #492 Jesus Heals, Now, through the “How” of the New Testament
October 09, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 39.6 MBJesus' public ministry is present with us in our time through the sacraments. We hear Him say to us, "Go, your sins are forgiven"; we feel His touch; we taste, hear, smell, and see Him. Now. The sacraments convey specific healing graces to us when our dispositions are open and seeking. They draw us into the closest possible contact and relationship with Christ, the Healer. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Kim L and John F for loving and lifting me! Friends of t...
Ep# 491 The “How” of the Old Testament
October 02, 2023 11:19 - 48 minutes - 32.7 MBWorship is healing, because when we worship according to God's prescription, it draws us into the closest possible contact and relationship with Christ, the Healer. The "how" of worship in the Old Testament is essential for understanding the "how" of worship prophesied in the Messianic Temple in Ezekiel 44, worship as it was practiced in the early church and is practiced in the Catholic Church now, and the worship occurring in heaven that St. John reveals to us in Revelation. This episode is ...
Ep #490 The Time is Now
September 25, 2023 19:15 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBOne of the most-asked questions I get is, "How can I know my purpose"? Watching current events unfold sometimes causes us to wonder how or if we fit. We might look back at "the good 'ol days," or forward to better days. Why was I born now, at this time in history?, we might ask. And it's a good question. You won’t understand your own story and times and current events unless you understand your story and times and current events through His eyes. Because while we often believe sacred histor...
Ep #489_”Where” Matters, The Place of the Bible
September 18, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MB"Where" matters, because places make people, and people matter. Where they live tells us many things about who they are. God's purpose to call out from the world a people for himself began to unfold on a particular part of the world's surface during a particular period of the world's history. That purpose continued unto the Incarnation, which happened in that same part of the world. Almost every one of the Bible's human authors lived in the Holy Land for some period of time. Almost all were J...
Ep #488_”What” Is Salvation?
September 11, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.6 MBThe word "salvation" is a big, full word, meaning peace, wholeness, (eternal) life, healing, bliss. When we know what salvation is, we understand what Jesus came to do for us, heart, soul, mind, and strength. Full revelation and knowledge of salvation comes from the Word through Scripture and Tradition, according to St. Paul (2 Thess 2:15). Isn't one of the first issues anyone confronts when beginning to ready, study, and love the Bible some confusion regarding what it's about? Understanding...
Ep #487_”Who” Heals You through Scripture?
September 04, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 39.8 MBFor us the Bible is a single book, but it's really a Book of Books. The Bible is a library of books, from "biblios," meaning books. These books were written at different times that are sometimes separated by millennia; by different authors with various writing styles, proficiencies, and personalities; to different audiences. Is it any wonder that it can be hard to read and understand? This episode tackles the two Testaments, the genres of the Books, and the "who" of the Bible, so we have a ...
Ep# 486_How to Heal with Scripture & Love the Word®
August 21, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBNo matter how well you know the Bible, Ignite will offer you something new, both as a hermeneutic and in its practical, personal approach to Scripture. The first chapter is Lectio Divina (meaning holy reading). It covers the ancient Christian practice of daily prayer with Scripture that we Baptist's called the "daily quiet time." We start with lectio divina in the book, because that's the usual way to learn to hear God speak in and through the Bible. Nothing heals like God's Word, because onl...
EP# 485_Ignite, Australian Tour Highlights
August 14, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.4 MBMonths ago, while thinking of what my next Friend of the Show Monthly Meetup study might be, I realized we really need a primer on how to study and interpret the Bible before we dive into a writing as rich as the Gospel of John. I suggested Ignite, then, and John's Gospel prevailed in the group vote. Returning from my July tour in Australia, I was also thinking of how to share the trip and all that Parousia Media, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, and I shared there, while also gearing up for my n...
06_Koinonia
June 27, 2023 16:18 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MBKoinonia is a transliterated form of the Greek word, meaning fellowship, solidarity, partnership, fullness of love, sharing all things in common, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, or a contribution. Koinonia is the state of fellowship and unity that should exist within the Christian church, the Body of Christ. It includes spiritual gifts from the Holy Spirit who embraces and empowers you to do all things. The Eucharist is the sacrament of communion with one another in the one Body of ...
05_Our Rule of Life, Discernment
June 12, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 35.1 MBDiscernment of spirits used to solely mean "diagnosing" whether someone was led by the Holy Spirit or the enemy. But it's more complicated than that, isn't it? The same person, even holy people, can be influenced by both the Holy Spirit and the enemy. Ignatius of Loyola compiled and systematized the Desert Fathers' tradition of discernment, so that now we understand "discernment of spirits" to mean deciding for oneself or another what must be attributed to the Holy Spirit, and what comes from...
04_Things Only the Holy Spirit Can Do
June 05, 2023 16:46 - 48 minutes - 39 MBWhen attempting to discern what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives and in the lives of those around us, it's important to know the things that only He can do. Jesus and Mary model for us that when we see any of these things happening, we know it is an invitation to cooperate with Him. I mentioned in this episode that Jesus searched for fruit in the Jewish faith, and found none. But HE IS the fruit. Jesus, the Messiah, the Anointed One, the Savior, is the fruit on the vine of Judaism. And ...
03_Another Advocate, The Mercy Sandwich
May 29, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.1 MBThe heaviest burden of man is not things and circumstances, it is himself. Man, himself, is a burden, because he does not want to be who he is before God and others. "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate [Counselor, Helper, Comforter, Intercessor, Paraclete] that He may abide with you forever" (John 14:16). The Advocate or Comforter is "another" - one like Jesus - but one Who abides forever, rather than temporarily as in the Old Testament. The Holy Spirit advocates an...
02_The Love Relationship, The Mystery of the Holy Spirit
May 22, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 39.1 MBThe Holy Spirit is the intelligent love that connects everything in the universe. He is always active, always creating, always revealing, always incarnating in us, and always resurrecting. Where is he? “The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes; so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3: 8). Mysterious. Unpredictable. You only “see” him by his effects. So, then, how do we see and hear the Holy S...
01_The Mystery of the Holy Spirit, God Who Is Still Concealed
May 15, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this hour of all-but-universal darkness, we need a spiritual deepening that makes us really dare to live out the power of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Nothing less will save us or our world. This series is an invitation to step into the fire of the Burning Bush, a fire that burns without consuming, without scorching, without singeing; a fire that arrives on the wind, is fed by the wind, and rests upon the crown of each disciple, sending him out to light flames of love and light in our w...
07_Angels Series Takeaway
April 17, 2023 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.3 MBFor this last, summary episode in the Angels series, I am offering the best concise 48-minute synopsis on angels and spiritual warfare I know of. Ha! The Bible shows us that the spiritual battle we are all engaged in is centered on fear versus faith. So please enjoy the first chapter of my book Fearless, without interruption. Technical note: the podcast hosting service I use has not been working for over a week; this is why you did not get this podcast last week. I couldn't get it fixed betwe...
01_Angels Are Spiritual Creatures
February 20, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 37.3 MBThis series probes what the Bible, the Catechism, Church Fathers, St. Thomas Aquinas, and contemporary exorcists reveal about angels, their relationship to God, one another, and the human race. Episode 1 explores what it means to say angels are "spiritual and incorporeal beings" and the extraordinary powers and abilities they employ in their tasks. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Laura H; Alisa K; Robin N; Deborah B; Robin D; Carrie JH; Joanna C*; Silvia F; Dorothy G; Clara G; ...
Who Is Sonja Corbitt? An Introduction
February 13, 2023 09:03 - 33 minutes - 25.3 MBNew around here? Welcome! Woops! I just tripped myself trying to curtsy for you in my schlepping boots (seriously, the html keeps kicking out my left arrow, curtsy, right arrow). No problem. I’m more flaming Bible teacher than Southern belle anyway, hence the “evangelista” moniker. Yes, I made up a word, but it’s entirely applicable, since by definition an evangelist simply shares the good news of the Gospel from his own point of view. And honey I’m no “him,” but I always have a point of view...
04_How & Why Gratitude Heals
January 23, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 37 MBGratitude is the only thing that has been found to actually increase your baseline happiness, called dispositional happiness. Other things, such as self-medication, will cause a temporary increase in happiness, but then you return to the baseline. But over time gratitude increases dispositional well-being, or happiness, permanently! Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Jennifer M; Deborah W; and Maureen G, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and mont...
03_Thanksgiving Is the Multiplier
January 16, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBAccording to the Scriptures, complaining and thanksgiving are both multipliers. Complaining multiplies scarcity, fear, futility, and purposelessness; while thanksgiving multiplies a few loaves and fishes to feed all who are present, with plenty left over. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Jannifer S, and Carolyn McK, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and monthly meet-ups with Sonja in our Bible study on the Book of Romans! LOVE the Word® is a...
02_Life Is a Benediction
January 09, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.2 MBOnce, when wallowing in suffering and complaining to God, "Why me?", He answered me with, "Why not you?" It was a sobering question that re-ordered my negative thinking toward thankfulness for all the terrible things I didn't have that I could. That was when I realized it can always be worse, a reality I remind myself of every time something "bad" happens. The Jewish practice of praying the Eighteen Benedictions, or The Amidah, taught them that everything in life is ultimately a gift - undes...
01_The Number One Reason to Be Grateful
January 02, 2023 09:03 - 48 minutes - 38.3 MBGratitude is a worldview, but is it a secular worldview or a sacred one? If gratitude is so obviously good for us, emotionally and physically, why are we so ungrateful? And why are Christians who have so much to be grateful for as negative and as physically unhealthy as the godless? Biblical gratitude helps us return our hearts to the eternal. Living in the midst of so many evils, temptations, and sins, the problem becomes losing sight of the eternal, of becoming distracted. Gratitude helps ...
04.1_Revelation of the Body, Physical Healing & Faith Series
October 03, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.4 MBPerhaps a negative view of the human body has been construed from St. Paul's remarks about "crucifying the flesh." But Paul is simply pointing out that the flesh fell with the soul in the Garden, must be restored, and will be elevated even higher to the image of Christ. Jesus reveals the Gospel of the Body. "Only in reference to the human person in his 'unified totality', that is, as 'a soul which expresses itself in a body and a body informed by an immortal spirit', can the specifically huma...
03_Degradation of the Body, Physical Healing and Faith Series
September 26, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBPerhaps we think back to the Garden of Eden and imagine how glorious it would be to live like Adam and Eve in Paradise before the fall, with our souls clear and free and full of light, and in full and immediate control of the appetites of the body. Or we try to imagine our lives without the darkness and difficulties of the suffering we have personally endured? What kind of healthy, happy person "might have been"? What if the elevation of the human person in Christ is actually BETTER than it w...
02_Creation of the Body, Physical Healing and Faith Series
September 19, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBThe Church Fathers teach that the body is not the "container" for the soul, but the soul is the "container" of the body, and is everywhere throughout the body. This view is reflected in Jesus' statements, "The eye [the soul, according to the Fathers] is the light of the body. So, if your eye is sound [integrated, one], your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"...
01_Somata, Meaning “Bodies” – Physical Healing and Faith Series
September 12, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.1 MBIt's hard to impossible to be physically healthy when you hate your body. Media, trauma, disease, pregnancies, abuse, ageing, bullying - how a person perceives her appearance and feels in his body directly impacts his or her physical health. What is the truth about your body? "The human body shares in the dignity of "the image of God": it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a ...
07_Cherished Takes Time, Cherished Series
August 15, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.3 MBUnity, permanence, holiness, reverence, glory: "For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the church" (Eph 5:29-32). This is where I get to tell you some wonderful news from here on the home front about the Catholic Evangel...
06_Mutual Submission
August 08, 2022 08:03 - 47 minutes - 36.8 MBI've hit "wives submit to your husbands" pretty hard, but now it's time for "the rest of the story," "husbands, love your wives." Love is the center of everything, after all, and the wife's submission is only rational and only makes sense if her husband submits to her in love, by love, for love, and with love - the love of Christ Himself. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Jean I; Anita W; Karen K; Phyllis T; Allison D; Sarah H; Ally B; Kelsey W; Tara D, for loving and lifting me! ...
06_Mutual Submission, Cherished Series
August 08, 2022 08:03 - 47 minutes - 36.8 MBI've hit "wives submit to your husbands" pretty hard, but now it's time for "the rest of the story," "husbands, love your wives." Love is the center of everything, after all, and the wife's submission is only rational and only makes sense if her husband submits to her in love, by love, for love, and with love - the love of Christ Himself. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Jean I; Anita W; Karen K; Phyllis T; Allison D; Sarah H; Ally B; Kelsey W; Tara D, for loving and lifting me! ...
05_Authentic Love & Boundaries, Cherished Series
August 01, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37 MBRelationships (especially in our vocations) are Providentially meant to teach us authentic love - how to give it, and how to receive it. As a matter of charity, aggressive personalities must learn to respect others' proper boundaries, and passive personalities must learn to erect proper boundaries. And all of us must learn authentic forgiveness. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Julie M; Denise S; and Amanda W, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content...
05_Authentic Love & Boundaries
August 01, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37 MBRelationships (especially in our vocations) are Providentially meant to teach us authentic love - how to give it, and how to receive it. As a matter of charity, aggressive personalities must learn to respect others' proper boundaries, and passive personalities must learn to erect proper boundaries. And all of us must learn authentic forgiveness. Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Julie M; Denise S; and Amanda W, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content...
04_It’s About You, Not Them
July 25, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBWhen pop quizzes come to us to through people we love, especially people we're married to, the temptation is to focus on them - their faults, their meanness, their motives. But those pop quizzes are about us, not them. The Holy Spirit is trying to heal us of wounds that are deeper and older than the offense in front of us. Thank you to my newest Friend of the Show Diane G, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and monthly meet-ups with Sonja: Week 2 Chapter ...
04_It’s About You, Not Them, Cherished Series
July 25, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBWhen pop quizzes come to us to through people we love, especially people we're married to, the temptation is to focus on them - their faults, their meanness, their motives. But those pop quizzes are about us, not them. The Holy Spirit is trying to heal us of wounds that are deeper and older than the offense in front of us. Thank you to my newest Friend of the Show Diane G, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and monthly meet-ups with Sonja: Week 2 Chapter ...
03_Your Maker Is Your Husband, Cherished Series
July 18, 2022 12:03 - 48 minutes - 39.9 MBHealing is the "science of love," as Therese of Lisieux framed it. Because all healing comes from God, and God is relationship, we are healed in the measure that we know God intimately. We cannot love God when other things are prioritized over our time and attention. We cannot know Him if we are not consciously connecting to Him. We cannot expect to experience His unconditional love while holding a bag of conditions. How do we consciously connect to Him when we cannot hear or feel Him? As a...
03_Your Maker Is Your Husband
July 18, 2022 12:03 - 48 minutes - 39.9 MBHealing is the "science of love," as Therese of Lisieux framed it. Because all healing comes from God, and God is relationship, we are healed in the measure that we know God intimately. We cannot love God when other things are prioritized over our time and attention. We cannot know Him if we are not consciously connecting to Him. We cannot expect to experience His unconditional love while holding a bag of conditions. How do we consciously connect to Him when we cannot hear or feel Him? As a...
02_The Divine Romance, Cherished Series
July 11, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.2 MBLove is the ultimate mystery, isn't it? Love is both the primary human need and the fundamental motivation of every human act: we're always, always, always either trying to get love or trying to give love. It's that basic. We need to be cherished and to cherish. Because it's as fundamental as the philosopher's "first cause," when our attempts to love or be loved are rejected or twisted, or when we are not loved well, we suffer the deepest possible suffering. On the other hand, because it's s...
01_So You’re Needy?, Cherished Series
June 20, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBSo you're needy? You were created to be needy. In fact, you were created with an abyss of neediness because your neediness was meant to be satisfied. You were created to be cherished. Adam and Eve were created needy: they needed food, water, work, and intimate relationship before sin ever entered the Garden. The tragedy of sin was that it separated Adam and Eve from the Source that was meant to satiate their neediness. But Jesus restored our connection to the Source. So embrace your needines...
07_The Greatest of These Is Love, Spiritual Gifts Series
June 06, 2022 08:03 - 48 minutes - 38.2 MBSandwiched between St. Paul's sermon on spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12, and his correction of abuses of sign gifts in chapter 14, is perhaps the most beautiful treatise on love ever written. Should you have all the "best," most visible gifts, should you know and understand everything there is to know and understand, should you be martyred -- none of it profits you nor anyone else a thing, if not rooted in love. If the subject of spiritual gifts is new to you, the process of discerning yo...