Devotions based on David Benner’s book, Soulful Spirituality Life is a journey of becoming our true self in God. Spirituality can and should help us become all that we, as humans, can be.. “Any religion or spirituality that seeks to make us less than, more than, or other than human is dangerous.” Our bodies connect…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment When we are led by the Spirit we will be open to the unmet needs of others in this present moment. Our commitment is characterized by four more traits of the Spirit’s fruit as found in Gal. 5: love, kindness, generosity, and faithfulness. Love is the…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred  Moment How do we discern the Spirit’s presence in our lives?  Sometimes we forget to give full rein to the Spirit and to follow His lead, and not our own. “A selfless response to God’s call in this sacred moment is a reliable indicator that we are…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment At the heart of Jesus teaching is denying and losing one’s life for the sake of others. A good example is Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. As a priest, Haase never met women so committed to a life of such self-lessness for the sake…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment I wonder how often we are hindered from responding to God’s call in our lives by an emotional attachment to self-concern, self-image, Self-gratification, or self-preservation.When we are self-concerned we are focused on ourselves and our own interests that obstruct a selfless response to what is sacred…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment The spiritual practice of ongoing discernment is often intuitive and we may ask ourselves what would Jesus do and how would He do it? We are told to be awake, be watchful and the author names 3 practices that help us to be alert. 1. Prayer.…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment As Christians we need discernment to hear God’s voice not only for our major decisions but also in our daily everyday lives. Discernment is like a pair of glasses that corrects the vision of our ego with all its self-concerns.   It is constantly assessing each sacred…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, The Sacred Moment The call of God is like a knock on the door of the present moment in which we find ourselves.  Maybe it is a desire to do a good deed that seemed to come out of nowhere, or a word of advice or encouragement by our…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, Te Sacred Moment Just like the man who changed a flat tire for an elderly woman he didn’t know, holiness is about selfless openness and response to God’s call in the present moment.  Holiness is the lifelong journey out of slavery to our own ego to looking beyond ourselves,…

Devotions based on Albert  Haase’s book This Sacred Moment This book is all about becoming holy right where we are. It is hard to find the words to really describe what it means to be a holy person but we can think of people who exemplify a holy life;  Dietrich BonHoeffer, Eliszabeh Fry, Mother Teresa…