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We too often see “Thy will be done” in Garden of Gethsemane terms: something terrible is about to happen to me, but if it is what you want, sigh, I will submit. Instead, remember the promise, “I know the plans I have for you, plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” That is the true story of Gethsemane: for behind the fear was a glorious gift never imagined. So we need to remember the true hearing of this prayer will be more like “Your dream be dreamed among us.”

:- Doug.

The church is not a noun, it is a verb. It consists in the actions it takes in the world, the flow it keeps flowing. It is not about bricks and boards. It is not about anyone’s power. It is not about protecting us saints from them sinners. It is rather about loving the world as much as G-d loved the world. It is about getting busy.

:- Doug.

Is money a noun or a verb? The better, more fruitful way of thinking of it is as verb. It opens new avenues of thought. Money is a flow, a verb that you use to do things with, not something that you primarily store up. Its true value is in movement, not in standing in place. There is no value to a Dollar bill, there is no value to a hoard of gold, only what can be done with it, or what it does to us.

:- Doug.

Reach out and touch your true self.

:- Doug.

Let us make a difference with what we already have, with whomever we already find ourselves.

:- Doug.

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