We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God.
Posted in contemplation on 6 September 2008 - 7 אלול 5768
Jesus said, “If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may [...]
Posted in contemplation on 23 August 2008 - 23 אב 5768
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the [...]
Posted in contemplation on 16 August 2008 - 16 אב 5768
AUL May be the first one to wrestle publicly with the question of difference between Jews (and Gentiles) who accept Jesus as Messiah and specifically Jews who reject Jesus as Messiah. He is doing so in to-day’s RCL readings (for Proper 15, Year A, RCL):
Just as you were once disobedient to God but [...]
Posted in contemplation on 10 August 2008 - 10 אב 5768
HERE IS THIS Story about Rabbi Eliezer Ben Hircanus, a student about St Paul’s age, that I’ve cited before. It’s an important tale from the Midrash because it explains the Midrash, the entirety of the Talmudic process by which the meaning of Jewish Law is expanded to include things not actually there. It [...]
Posted in contemplation on 2 August 2008 - 2 אב 5768
I will not let you go, unless you bless me.
HIS IS One of those curious scenes in the Bible. On several places in the Hebrew Scriptures (especially in Genesis) angels serve double-duty as the Presence of God. In this story of Jacob, after wrestling all night with him, the stranger says Jacob has “wrestled [...]
Posted in contemplation on 27 July 2008 - 25 תמוז 5768
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and [...]
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