Filed under: Spirit and Religion
Blessed father,
As you are the God of the living, and of justice, truth, love, mercy and creation, I humbly bow before you and praise your name.
May these ideals awaken within the earth, within our hearts. May thy will and thy kingdom of heaven purify all corruption and death.
Sustain our life. Open our eyes to truth, open our ears to wisdom, move our feet to worthiness, let our spirits and temples be cleansed.
Forgive us father. Give us understanding of our wrongdoing and have mercy upon our repentance. Allow us to forgive others as graciously as you forgive us.
Father, be our rock and our shield against that which would steal our destiny or our blessings. Let not corruption overtake us. Deliver us. Allow us to be whole.
Soften our hearts. Help us to know you. Help us to know our true selves. Free us.
Help us to become light amidst a dark world. Help us feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, clothe the naked, care for the sick, visit the imprisoned.
In Jesus’ name
Filed under: Family
A shoutout to my dad for a random act of kindness to a stranger. I’m proud to be your son.
Filed under: Maturing, Spirit and Religion | Tags: lost, searching for god, spirituality
This is my third post to a series I call ‘Searching for God’. It was originally outlined to cover three different topics, but as the writing got started, the first bit snowballed into a post of its own. So without getting too unwieldy, I’ll just post this section and save the rest for subsequent meanderings. As always, feel free to jump in as you will.
The Sacred Question
The question of God’s existence and nature is perhaps the most profound one of all. It is the preeminent mystery that has captivated the hearts and imaginations of humanity since our dawn. Is there really a supreme Being reigning over all the earth and stars? If so, what is God’s true purpose and calling? If not, would that make God the greatest hoax of all of human history? What then would this say about our selves and the world around us? Could God somehow be in the middle of these two possibilities? How can we know one way or another?
This is my second post to a small project I call “Searching for God” where I hope to explore and articulate my perspective of God and invite others to do the same. This is something I have wanted to do for quite a long time and I’m glad to have finally started it up. And by my measure, it has been successful. I have garnered a few nice comments from friends on Facebook, and on my personal weblog, I received a very thoughtful and well written response from a gentleman who stopped by. I would like to encourage all of you out there to continue (or start) to participate if you feel the urge, and to feel welcome to write freely and openly. As I explore and shape my own views, I am always open to new challenges, disillusionments, insights, and forms of expression. I believe it is out of love for God that we seek with candor and honesty.
Do you believe in God?” – a simple enough question, right? I’m sure everybody reading this has been asked this at some point. It could have come from friends, family, classmates, strangers, coworkers, missionaries, preachers, teachers, or any of life’s creatures. Sometimes it’s asked in the spirit of searching; other times it’s asked with a pre-packaged agenda. In either case, it is a pretty profound inquiry. But what the heck does it mean?
Filed under: Korea
As my coworker, Josh, learned the hard way…
When your owner of your school kindly takes the teachers, managers and staff to Cirque du Soleil Alegria and then out for a night of traditional Korean bbq, beer, soju, and singing… don’t choose the Springsteen song: Born in the USA to sing in front of everybody. Or else you may have to stumble through such lyrics as:
“Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man”
Filed under: issues/current events
More evidence that humans have the potential to be the most twisted, trashy, shit creatures on Earth. If you’re an animal lover, you may have to brace yourselves.
