Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 07, 2020 • 49 Comments
Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.” God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 15, 2020 • 49 Comments
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world… And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? – W.B. Yeats (1845-1939) from “The Second Coming” Many people have an increasing sense that Western civilization is falling apart. Some of us... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 08, 2020 • 48 Comments
“What is man that You should remember him, or the son of man that You should care for him? You have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor.” – The Apostle Paul (Heb 2:6-7) We enter our earth-lives as beautiful people, loving... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 01, 2020 • 48 Comments
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) The most powerful force depressing the consciousness vibrations of all of humankind is the fact that every human institution is fear-based. We have seen that this is true... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 23, 2019 • 43 Comments
Nearly all the people who ask me questions are past the age of fifty. They are trying to deepen their spiritual life, and they aren’t finding ways to do that in their lifelong Christian beliefs and practices. Often they have been seeking for years, trying out different spiritual options like meditation, yoga, New Age, and... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 12, 2019 • 41 Comments
As we continue to talk about spiritual growth, I have been hearing from more and more people who ask how they will be able to tell when they are growing spiritually. I used to wonder about that, too! But having worked at my own spiritual growth and been amazed both by how easy it is... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 14, 2019 • 112 Comments
Death is a universal part of life, so the level of misinformation and fear that still surrounds it in the twenty-first century is horrifying! So much of what we are told by those we venerate as authorities is scary, silly, and entirely wrong. The scientific community still insists that the death of our bodies will... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 24, 2019 • 22 Comments
Many earnest Americans believe they can fight evil with angry chanting, venomous signs, and even physical attacks on others. And our social media has become a literal breeding-ground of self-righteous rage, where if you disagree with those shouting the loudest, you risk being obliterated altogether! Yet, even with all these well-meant efforts being made by... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 10, 2019 • 31 Comments
Jesus has some wonderfully positive things to say about faith! He sees it as the engine that empowers our minds. For example, when His disciples have trouble driving out a possessing spirit, they ask Him why they are unable to do it. And He says, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 03, 2019 • 33 Comments
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union,... Read More
