harmony

October 29, 2023

On claiming an inner authority

Our healing, perfect integrity in our relationship with God, the realization of life in perfect harmony with the whole of creation, is not something we can attain by anything we do. It’s not a goal to be achieved, nor is it a future reward for right behavior today. It is a pure, unconditional, contemporary gift Continue reading

Ruminations

authentic living, authenticity, gospel, grace, harmony, healing, inner authority, integrity, living authentically, Martin Luther, nature, Protestant Reformation, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reformation Day, relationship with God
July 30, 2023

Feasting on heaven’s banquet

One of my favorite pieces of advice is from the fourth-century Hindu philosopher, playwright, and poet Kalidasa. “Look to this day,” he wrote, “for it is Life – the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence: the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the Continue reading

Ruminations

Alistair Begg, faith, fake it till you make it, good news, gospel, harmony, heaven, Hebrews, Jesus, Kalidasa, keep the faith, kingdom of God, kingdom of heaven, look to this day, love of God, O for a faith that will not shrink, relationship with God, salvation, St. Paul, The Second Coming, William Bathurst, William Butler Yeats

About Me

Rich Neal is, in no particular order, a wordsmith and graphic designer; lover of typography, books, and publishing; photographer; contemplative; saunterer; and a retired and still-active pastor. He claims neither special wisdom nor particularly deep insight into life, only occasional glimpses of what lies behind the veil along the way. He shares them here in the hope of connecting the pieces of life’s puzzle that come to him in the journey and would consider it a gift if sharing them also connected him with others who travel an unmarked path toward the same unknown end.

harmony

On claiming an inner authority

Feasting on heaven’s banquet