Scripture

Colossians 1:16–17 (NIV)

For in him all things were created:

things in heaven and on earth,

visible and invisible,

whether thrones or powers

or rulers or authorities;

all things have been created through him and for him.

He is before all things,

and in him all things hold together.

Refrain

I am a willing traveler in something larger than myself.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"That the way things work

and Christ are one and the same.

This is not a religion

to be either fervently joined or angrily rejected.

It is a train ride already in motion.

The tracks are visible everywhere.

You can be a willing and happy traveler,

or not."

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Scripture

Romans 8:22 (NIV)

We know that the whole creation

has been groaning

as in the pains of childbirth

right up to the present time.

Refrain

The pattern of death and rising is everywhere.

Quote

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from How I Believe

"I believe the universe is an evolution;

I believe evolution proceeds towards spirit;

I believe spirit, in human beings,

completes itself in the personal;

I believe the supreme personal

is the Universal Christ."

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Scripture

John 12:24 (NIV)

"Very truly I tell you,

unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

it remains only a single seed.

But if it dies,

it produces many seeds."

Refrain

In letting go, I find what truly lives.

Quote

C.S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity

"The more we let God take us over,

the more truly ourselves we become —

because He made us. He invented us.

He invented all the different people

that you and I were intended to be.

It is when I turn to Christ,

when I give up myself to His personality,

that I first begin to have a real personality of my own."

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Scripture

Philippians 1:21 (NIV)

For to me, to live is Christ

and to die is gain.

Refrain

Jesus is the path. I choose to follow.

Quote

Richard Rohr, from The Universal Christ

"If Christ represents the resurrected state,

then Jesus represents the crucified/resurrecting path

of getting there.

If Christ is the source and goal,

then Jesus is the path

from that source

toward the goal of divine unity

with all things."

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Scripture

Matthew 5:3 (NIV)

"Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Refrain

The way down is the way in.

Quote

Francis of Assisi, from The Peace Prayer

"O divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying

that we are born to eternal life.

Amen."

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Scripture

James 2:17 (NIV)

In the same way,

faith by itself,

if it is not accompanied by action,

is dead.

Refrain

My faith is alive when it is lived.

Quote

Howard Thurman, from Jesus and the Disinherited

"The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited:

'Love your enemy.

Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have the experience

of a common sharing of mutual worth and value.

It may be hazardous,

but you must do it.'"

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Scripture

Colossians 1:17 (NIV)

He is before all things,

and in him all things hold together.

Refrain

I am awake to God in all things.

Quote

Mechtild of Magdeburg, from The Flowing Light of the Godhead

"The day of my spiritual awakening

was the day I saw —

and knew I saw —

all things in God

and God in all things."

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Scripture

Exodus 3:5 (NIV)

"Do not come any closer," God said.

"Take off your sandals,

for the place where you are standing

is holy ground."

Refrain

God comes to me disguised as my life.

Quote

Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Miracle of Mindfulness

"Wash the dishes relaxingly,

as though each bowl is an object of contemplation.

Consider each bowl as sacred.

Follow your breath to prevent your mind from straying.

Do not try to hurry to get the job over with.

Consider washing the dishes the most important thing in life.

Washing the dishes is meditation.

If you cannot wash the dishes in mindfulness,

neither can you meditate while sitting in silence."

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