Thank you so much for these thoughts. In recent days I have heard politicians talk about the second amendment as Sacred. Really? Surely what you share here about Oneness and that we belong to the One and each other should be our response. Prayers for Richard's rest and healing and for you also.
Dear Diana, Thank you for your written musings that are so serendipitous to the moment in the nation as Jesus cries out for Oneness in John 17. Praying for your husband to be quickly on the mend and for you to stay healthy and well. Blessings of sweet abundance!
Diana, I’m an Episcopal priest, and this morning I did something I almost never do. I read your reflection when I first got up, and then I scrapped my sermon and read this—with attribution, of course—to my small congregation. I often struggle with John, and your take on this passage today was so exactly on target for this terrible week. My congregation heard it. Thank you! Grace Cangialosi
Thank you for your beautiful Sunday musing. I needed to hear your beautiful words as I know others needed to hear them as well. Your simple, but beautiful, take on Jesus's prayer in the Gospel of John was a much needed balm poured on my body (I underwent surgery this week) and my soul (along with everyone else in great soul pain). Thank you, thank you, thank you and may health return to Richard and remain with you.
For our world to be healed, oneness is the shift in perspective that is necessary. Since everything has been created by the Word, we each are the beloved. When we see this truth, a profound reverence for all existence emerges as a frame of reference. Hope remains alive within the faith that understands the love that interconnects us all which can never be destroyed.
In our church we are currently without an organist. But we have a wonderful member of our congregation who brings recordings of hymns and songs appropriate for the day. Today, we recessed to “All You Need Is Love.” After this exhausting week, it felt good to come out of church with that as our final thought. Prayers to your husband and to you.
Dear Diana, I was at the Southern LIGHTS conference. You came across on the screen beautifully. In fact your presentations were clear and amazing. And your loving presence was deeply missed among us. Wishing your husband well. May no COVID germs visit you.
Thank you so much for this deeply expressed reflection on this prayer by Jesus for the world and all that is in it. So sorry to hear that Covid has come to your house. I hope it is not for the second or third time. But even the first is terrible. Do take good care of yourself and tender mercies for your husband.
The Oneness and Love that you speak of calls us to search for these troubled souls before the next act of violence. They are the “lost sheep” who need to be found, and invited into another way.
Grateful to read your post after a pretty sleepless night...thank you!
Thank you so much for these thoughts. In recent days I have heard politicians talk about the second amendment as Sacred. Really? Surely what you share here about Oneness and that we belong to the One and each other should be our response. Prayers for Richard's rest and healing and for you also.
Dear Diana, Thank you for your written musings that are so serendipitous to the moment in the nation as Jesus cries out for Oneness in John 17. Praying for your husband to be quickly on the mend and for you to stay healthy and well. Blessings of sweet abundance!
Diana, I’m an Episcopal priest, and this morning I did something I almost never do. I read your reflection when I first got up, and then I scrapped my sermon and read this—with attribution, of course—to my small congregation. I often struggle with John, and your take on this passage today was so exactly on target for this terrible week. My congregation heard it. Thank you! Grace Cangialosi
Thank you for your beautiful Sunday musing. I needed to hear your beautiful words as I know others needed to hear them as well. Your simple, but beautiful, take on Jesus's prayer in the Gospel of John was a much needed balm poured on my body (I underwent surgery this week) and my soul (along with everyone else in great soul pain). Thank you, thank you, thank you and may health return to Richard and remain with you.
For our world to be healed, oneness is the shift in perspective that is necessary. Since everything has been created by the Word, we each are the beloved. When we see this truth, a profound reverence for all existence emerges as a frame of reference. Hope remains alive within the faith that understands the love that interconnects us all which can never be destroyed.
Prayers for you and your husband.
Thank you for the suggestion of the Litany! We did it today in worship, and it was powerful.
Our "oneness" gives agency to this adage: It doesn't have to happen to you for it to matter to you.
Just wondering. Is it time for us to stand in front of the stores where guns are sold and tell a young person that he is loved?
In our church we are currently without an organist. But we have a wonderful member of our congregation who brings recordings of hymns and songs appropriate for the day. Today, we recessed to “All You Need Is Love.” After this exhausting week, it felt good to come out of church with that as our final thought. Prayers to your husband and to you.
Dear Diana, I was at the Southern LIGHTS conference. You came across on the screen beautifully. In fact your presentations were clear and amazing. And your loving presence was deeply missed among us. Wishing your husband well. May no COVID germs visit you.
❤️Rhoda Joyner
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A beautiful profound message from your heart. Thank you for all of your inspiration for seeking Christians in a very shattered world.
Thank you so much for this deeply expressed reflection on this prayer by Jesus for the world and all that is in it. So sorry to hear that Covid has come to your house. I hope it is not for the second or third time. But even the first is terrible. Do take good care of yourself and tender mercies for your husband.
Thank you Diana, I needed your message today. I'll be praying for your husbands full recovery.
The Oneness and Love that you speak of calls us to search for these troubled souls before the next act of violence. They are the “lost sheep” who need to be found, and invited into another way.
Thank you, Diana.
May we all be one.
We all are one.