God Blogs

What if love here is actually God incognito? So that how you approach love is really how you are approaching God, unaware of love’s true nature. That would also mean your attitude toward love is one with your attitude toward God. Every day you are showing, more than telling, where you are with love—which also […]

What do we desire when we desire God? The ancient philosopher Plato said God was the union of the good, the beautiful and the true – and that the only way to ascend to the realm of the holy was through desire. Plato said that when we desire God, then – and only then – […]

Another of the great issues, right after “Where is God?”, is “Where is the kingdom of God?” This exchange between Jesus and the Pharisees addresses that question: “Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, and he answered, ‘The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can […]

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153), was called “the man of the twelfth century.” His vision of the full extent of the Christian’s spiritual journey and destiny, together with his grasp of the nature of love, are second to none in church history. His exquisite descriptions of romantic love between God and the soul may well have […]

Is there a Hell? The three faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam say a definite “yes,” just as they do about the existence of Heaven and a coming Final Judgment. Heaven and Hell are as two destinations, the one of light and love, the other of darkness and hatred. And we are purportedly journeying toward […]

Let the first step on your path to God be that of faith. Take the proverbial leap of faith that by your faith, you have obtained peace and right standing with God through Jesus Christ. Take hold of that faith, and let it take hold of you. Once that faith is in place, strengthened by […]