“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
The institutional religion we call Christianity (not the true faith by which our God lives in us by His Holy Spirit) is an expression of our search for meaning, love, purpose and fulfillment in all the wrong places. You can read more about this search in a previous post (here). The institutional religion has over …
Peter writes about the nature of our New Covenant relationship with our God in 1 Peter 2:3-4, “His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great …
"A Guide to True Peace" by William Backhouse and James Janson, compiled and reset by Jim Wilson from the 1815 original (public domain). Ninety pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read this book: True disciples of Jesus, as described by Jesus Himself, will be those who love their God with …
One of the priorities of our God for those in His Kingdom is found in John 17:21-23 “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that …
John 14:5-7 begins with a statement from Jesus to His disciples: “And you know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the …
"The Secret to the Christian Life" Gene Edwards, The Seed Sowers Publishers, 150 pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read this book. In this book, Edwards lays out the plain truth from the scriptures regarding how our God has both demonstrated and taught the path of an intimate relationship with …
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"The Spiritual Guide" by Miguel de Molinos, Seed Sowers Christian Books, 142 pages (including a biography of Molinos at the end). Critical read*Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else * Only if you are very serious about living in intimate communion with your God as depicted in the New Testament. If that is not …
Image via author, Emigrant Wilderness, Sierra Nevada In the previous post entitled, "I'm Hatin' Life Right Now," I posed this question: "What would bring people to “hate this life,” meaning to forsake all to be inhabited fully by His life?" And the answer is love. "When one gives oneself over to loving our God above …
Image via author, Bighorn Range, Wyoming Among my wilderness partners of years gone by were several people who had this interesting response to the question, “How is it going?” If things were not going well, the answer was a kind of code that let you know times were difficult. I heard it most often when …
Isaiah the prophet records the promise of our God to speak to His true followers. We find this in Isaiah 55, “Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in …
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