Angels are often talked about during the Christmas season. They came to Joseph and Mary among others during Jesus’ birth. But they also came to other characters at different times throughout the Bible. Angels come to bring messages from God - messages of peace, safety and guidance, to name a few. They are often depicted as feathery beings. But actually, angels are messages from God, Spirit, that come to us in our thinking. God is speaking to us all the time, so angels are really always present Continue Reading
God’s Magnifying Glass?
There are a lot of ways to think of our relationship to God: God's creation, God's child, God's emanation, God's effect. And each one gives a little different hue to this intimate, special relationship we each have with our tender Creator. In several places, the Bible says to "magnify the Lord." What is it like to be God's magnifying glass? Now, a magnifying glass doesn't actually make anything bigger. It just makes them appear bigger. In the same way, the Infinite can't be made bigger. But Continue Reading