http://www.journeyscommunity.org Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have some good news for you! Aging is happening every minute, right here, right now, all of us are getting older, and we have been since our birth. That is good news because it means we are still here with the extraordinary gift of being alive. ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/aging/embracing-the-aging-process-as-a-spiritual-journey/ Face it; there are things about all of us that we share in common. They just go with being members of this species. And as we recognize and accept these things and give expression to them we live more fully. And if we don't own and give ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/living-in-harmony/living-in-harmony-with-the-universe/ [Lilly and I recently attended a] memorial service for a friend of mine. I thought it would be mostly about remembering Bill. The service included our singing The Old Rugged Cross and O Holy Night and My Tribute. The reading selections for Bill's memorial service were read from the ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/connection-with-others/thirsting-for-a-connection/ SO SHALL THIS NIGHT END IN JOYOUS DAYOne of the toughest questions in all of the world has to be, how can life contain so much pain, suffering and challenge and still be a gift from a loving God? It's a hard one. It's very difficult to ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/uncategorized/reclaiming-hope-faith-during-difficult-times/ I'd like to start with a quote by Voltaire: ."God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." I remember a time when I used to be too afraid to laugh. I wasn't sure of anything - not myself, and definitely not who or what God was. ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/laughter/connecting-through-laughter/ As we start another year, I wonder how many of us have made those New Year resolutions. This year I decided that I would take a different approach and start every morning by first practicing gratitude for life-all of it and then I would think of at least one ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/create-happiness/c0-creating-a-happier-new-year/ A Christmas Reflection......It seems the holidays we have been experiencing come around more rapidly every year. I remember as a child hearing old folks like me make this statement and I couldn't believe what they were saying. It felt just the opposite to me, Christmas seemed like forever ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/gifts-of-the-heart/gifts-of-the-heart/  When I began thinking about what I would say this morning, one of the lines from the song you just heard, “People”, popped into my head – “People, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world”.   But despite the fact that I own nearly every ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/needing-one-another/it%e2%80%99s-simple-we-need-one-another/ In W. Va. 25 years ago I was exposed to Rev. James Fowler's book: "Stages of Faith" Fowler describes 6 stages and a developmental progression. First and Second stages are children's stage - our faith is what we understand of the faiths of the ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/inner-light/hereafter-shine-your-light/ We certainly are living in troubled times.   As the song says sometimes windows of the world seems to be covered with rain - pain. We just turn on the TV or look at the newspaper and we see or read about all the pain and violence of our ... http://www.journeyscommunity.org/practicing-peace/practicing-peace-in-troubled-times/