Satisfaction.

"Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, 

and your labor for that which does not satisfy?'  Isaiah 55:2 (NRSV)

The world chases after money, possessions, pleasure, status, fame, power, success.....

These things do not satisfy.

"Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, 

and you that have no money, come buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk, 

without money and without price."  Isaiah 55:1 (NRSV)

What is this mysterious water?

What is this intoxicating wine?

What is this nourishing milk?

What is this life-giving bread?

It is Love.

Only love will satisfy the soul.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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Holy.

God touches our hearts.

And God's message is all about Love.

When we love someone we wish them well.

We bless them.

And this blessing is at the heart of love.

Holiness is a refinement of this blessing.

So rather than being a rarefied spiritual state holiness is the most refined state of love.

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Corruption.

Since 1984 deregulation of our financial systems has seen an astronomical rise in corruption and deceit.

We are told to turn a blind eye to anything that boosts the economy.

And anyone who questions the integrity of the plutocrats is ridiculed and labelled a Marxist.

So exploitation and corporate crime have flourished.

But it is hidden in darkness.

And it is whitewashed by Evangelical Churches.

The gains made by Unions have been destroyed.

And the corporate-owned media has been flooded with propaganda.

Scapegoating and lies have become the norm.

And fake news has poisoned the Internet.

These are dark times.

But world-wide demonstrations are protesting our loss of rights.

And an increase in activism gives us hope.

There is a ray of light in the darkness.

May it become a bright star of truth.

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Divine Light.

To believe in Love.

To hope for Peace.

To work for Justice.

To practise Non-Violence.

To trust in a Benevolent God.

These things are not merely naive dreams.

They are realities that flow from a God who is wholly good.

A God who is Light, Life, and Love.

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The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.

If you have rejected the liberal spiritual approach of the Baby-Boomer Generation it is not sufficient to just go to their enemies in the conservative religions and think you are justified.

Because the hard-line conservative political approach of the Fundamentalists is not the way of Jesus or of God.

The conservative religious authorities of our world are the descendants of the Pharisees and Lawyers who killed Jesus.

They do not reflect the way of Jesus.

Nor do they reflect the way of God.

And so we are in between the devil and the deep blue sea.

And we must navigate a course between the two.

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Devil Worship.

If you think that devil worship is a minor fringe phenomenon - think again!

Satanism is rife in rock music, sports, literature, movies, T.V., and the Internet.....

Death, darkness, and evil populate our entertainment.

And hate assails us from the shadows.

But there is a Light that comes from God.

And that Light will expose what is hidden.

So we will see the evil that lurks in our popular culture.

And turn to God for deliverance.

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Poland.

The election of a far-right government in Poland saw the creation of LGBT-Free Zones.

But after its fall the new government abolished every last one of them.

And this is what will happen all over the world in the new age.

Anti-gay laws and policies will be swept away by a wave of light and love.

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