Tag: Teachings of Jesus
Updated on April 22, 2024
prayer and fasting
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/prayer_and_fasting.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed In this episode we prayerfully listen to Jesus teaching us how to pray, and how to fast. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better …
Updated on April 22, 2024
the world is not a stage
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/the_world_is_not_a_stage-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedAnd when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be …
Updated on April 22, 2024
love your enemy
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/love_your_enemy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed“I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. Respond with the energies of prayer.” In this episode we pray mindfully …
Updated on April 22, 2024
empty promises
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/empty_promises.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed“When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong” (Matthew 5, the Message) I’m re-reading The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe right now – both aloud …
Updated on April 22, 2024
do not murder
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/do_not_murder.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI love the way that Jesus calls us in, calls us deeper, calls us home to our hearts to examine and shake out our thoughts, renewing our perspective. Throughout the …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Completing God’s Law
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/gods_law.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed“Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s law will be alive and working” Matthew 5, the Message I wonder what you instinctively believe about the Law? Is …
Updated on April 22, 2024
The Beatitudes of Pope Francis
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/Beatitudes_Pope_Francis.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA few years ago, Pope Francis suggested six beatitudes for “a modern era”. I found them compelling, and I thought it would be interesting to prayerfully consider whether the Lord …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Beatitudes
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/beatitudes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedWe will be journeying through the sermon on the mount in the Message translation for the next while, and today we look at the way it opens: with the beatitudes. …
Updated on April 22, 2024
Salt and Light
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/salt_and_light.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to …
Updated on April 22, 2024
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
http://traffic.libsyn.com/contemplativeathome/P29.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedTwo men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that …