You Bring God’s Kingdom To Earth What exactly is a kingdom? The classic definition is “the territory subject to the rule of a king.” But there is another definition equally as operative in the Greek for the word basileia, which is used in the biblical phrase “the kingdom of Heaven.” It is a “royal power,…
You Can’t Build the Kingdom Without the King
Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. ~ Dorothy Day Harvey and Lois Seifert wrote a tiny book called Liberation of Life, much of it devoted to the idea of finding the balance between loving God and loving our neighbor. They describe this balance as a bird soaring on the…
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
I draw near you in the present moment. Seek to enjoy My Presence in the present; trust and thankfulness are your best allies in this quest. When you wallow in the past or worry about the future, your awareness of Me grows dim. But the more you trust Me, the more fully you can live…