Tag: faith
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Love: The Essence of God’s Plan
I’ll Follow Your Call Libations of LoveLike a Fall Dew ReflectionI’ll Follow Your Call Love and the Alphabet of Virtues In the alphabet of virtues, this is the one I most looked forward to writing: Love. What a gift we have been given. For it is in the very act of loving that the gift of giving is as…
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Embracing Kindness: A Source of Hope
To Spring darkness fadesKindness falls on open heartFaith will guide the way~Dr. Thomas Maples Miracles are possible in a world where kindness is the primary focus. Acts of kindness can bring about positive change, but only if we cultivate their presence individually. It is only then that we can lay the foundation for truly miraculous…
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Finding Unshakable Hope in Today’s World
Unshakable HopeMy eyes wonder unto theeGod my guiding light ~Thomas C. Maples The Shaken Nature of Hope Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. ~Desmond Tutu In a world often overshadowed by division, what serves as your guiding light? As I grow older, I’ve come to understand…
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Letting Go: Discovering Grace in Family Life
God’s grace, call on meOnward light the spirit springsDarkness slowly falls~ Thomas C. Maples What moves you? What brings the presence of meaning in your life, right now? Is it a heartfelt greeting from a long-absent friend? Is it warmly embracing that loved one who was gone? Or is it God’s Grace that guides you?…
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Nurturing Faith: The Power of a Mustard Seed
Faith’s Springing Light And so the seed says, Grow from me, and aspireFaith’s springing light. ~ Thomas C. Maples He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field.It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is…
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Faith and Courage: Steps to Embrace Change
Soft steps, full heart A Spring of courage ignites Sacred journey’s start ~Dr. Thomas Maples It takes courage to step outside of the shell we place ourselves within. Yet, like the hermit crab, if we do not move from the confines of that shell we have already grown in size too, we will simply limit…
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Understanding the Divine Nature of Mercy
What does it mean to encompass mercy? This question has gnawed at me for quite some time, for at its foundation is forgiveness. Yet, how much forgiveness do we see in today’s world? While many would ask for merciful intervention, how much have people been willing to give? Here, we will examine the divine nature…
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Belief and Science: Finding Meaning in Faith
Inspiring Videos 🙏 Need a lift? Dr. Maples shares inspiring words and quotes to brighten your day. Subscribe now and discover the power of positivity! 🙌 Watch on Rumble! Introduction I heard a wonderful story about the nature of beliefs the other day. It recounts the story of Sir Isaac Newton, who as we know, was an…
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Faith: An Oasis 4 the Heart
What can I do, when I don’t have hope for the future? Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking. Khalil Gibran Hope in Faith Have you got faith? Although many in the psychology profession will not agree with this statement, to me, a cornerstone of…
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An Inkling of Faith
Words of Wisdom To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts A Philosophy of Faith Hello everyone. I wanted to start with an exercise here. Where does…
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Practical Psychology: How 2 Deal with the Negative Skew of News and Social Media
A Sacred Journey Podcast Faith and Practical Psychology With so much media buying for our attention, how can we develop that desperately needed inner sense of peace? This is especially true as it relates to the negative bias most sources of information used to play upon the strengths of the autonomic nervous system that will…
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Being in Presence
No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me. Paulo Coelho Higher Powers and Personal Development To see angels or not is the question we will explore today. I have never seen an angel, but every time I look to the sky…