Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide Our spirit is the very center, our inward temple of God. He reigns upon His thrown in that place so we may keep our hearts at peace. Troubles may come to us in the form of temptations, trials, subtle suggestions etc. but we can still be…

Devotions based on Michael Molinos’ book, The Spiritual Guide  ( 1675) “The deep things of God are not invented things, nor are the teachings to be proven, but rather only to be received.” The deep things don’t come through hearing or reading books, but by the Holy Spirit who wants to communicate to those that…

11-22 On Saturday we had 8 “Wildmen” at Canaan for retreat and I think of them as passionate for God. It reminded me of an article I read by Chila Soychik who describes a passionate woman but I think it applies to both sexes.  Persons that are passionate for God have a thirst for Him…

Devotions based on Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Custody We are told in Phil 2:12 to cultivate and complete our salvation with reverence and awe. ( AB) Action steps are ways to work out our salvation if we are serious about our soul care. Our culture says to work more do more etc but let us…

Devotions based on Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Custody Love is the acid test of Christian spirituality. It is the proof that we love God.  Either we are growing to be more loving or we are not growing at all in our souls.  Soul friendships are the place where love is fostered, nurtured, and given. It…

Devotions based on Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Custody   “A soul friendship is an open place for another soul to emerge, a safe place for the action of friendship making, which is no easy task.” Sometimes we mistakenly assume that one broken person plus another broken person equals a whole. But our math is wrong.…

Devotions from Stephen Smith’s book , Soul Custody When we live only for ourselves we become alienated from others and also alienated from ourselves. Our deepest and truest self is not an isolated self but finds its meaning and fulfillment in community. In a soul friendship we die to our false self and learn the…

Devotions based on Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Custody “A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.” Prov 27:18 TLB There is nothing quite like sharing the journey of life with a person whom we love and from whom we receive love!  Our…

Devotions from Stephen’s Smith’s book, Soul Custody  We all need to discover how we can make the body-soul connection in our lives.  Some people take prayer walks and can be a good therapy for our soul and body. Some may do it by running or going to the gym.   They founder of the YMCA, Dwight…

Devotions from Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Cusody God never intended for us to separate our bodies from our souls.  In fact, learning to care for our bodies is a way of being hospitable to our souls that live within us. The soul is the place where everything comes together- physical needs, spiritual needs and intellectual…