Remember the Sabbath
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SABBATH: IN THIS SMALL AND SIMPLE THING SALVATION LIES: COME FOLLOW ME: Terrence C Smith’s commentary: Noah fashioned the ark exactly as he was instructed to do. The Lord was very specific in His instructions to Noah. It was to be made of certain specified materials. It was to be of a certain height, length, and breadth—300 cubits in length, 50 cubits in width and 30 cubits in height (which is about 137 × 22.9 × 13.7 m. or 450 × 75 × 45 ft. – about 11⁄2 football fields long, 4 stories high). After God had told Noah what to do (v. 14-16), then God told Noah what He would be doing at...
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Entering into the Wilderness of Solitude and Silence
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Thoughts taken from John Mark Comer's book, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry." “Little moments throughout our day wake us up to the reality of God all around us.” Pg. 121 Today by Mary Oliver Today I'm flying low and I'm not saying a word. I'm letting all of the voodoos of ambition sleep. The world goes on as it must, the bees in the garden rumbling a little, the fish leaping, the gnats getting eaten. And so forth. But I'm taking the day off. Quiet as a feather. I hardly move though really I'm traveling a terrific distance. Stillness. One of the doors into the...
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WELCOME TO SEASON 5! The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
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Art: Flaming June, by Fredrick Leighton Welcome to Season 5 and the invitation to rest, pause and center. For a link to the book "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry", please visit: Sounding the Seasons Tangled in time, we go by hints and guesses, Turning the wheel of each returning year. But in the midst of failures and successes We sometimes glimpse the love that casts out fear. Sometimes the heart remembers its own reasons And beats a Sanctus as we sing our story, Tracing the threads of grace, sounding the seasons That lead at last through time to...
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Pre-season Kick off: Exploring Ancient Albion
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Welcome to a preview of the year's coming events, and Forbidden Adventure's "Exploring Ancient England." To purchase "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry," click here: For more information about the tour or to sign up for it, click here: Jerusalem ["And did those feet in ancient time"] BY And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon Englands mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my...
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Christmas Part 2--Hope in the Darkness
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Art by Wendy Keller "For Unto Us A Child is Born" Winter Solstice Night—PODCAST 2: One of four cardinal points where the earths elliptical celestial paths align. Thinking of you. Holidays, while wonderful, may not always elicit triumphant and joyful tidings. Loss and grief seem to weigh in more heavily during the season. I know we’ve felt it with the loss of our nephew from suicide a year ago, the recent death of my uncle and aunt just 9 days apart, dear friends who experience the loss of a spouse, or child, others I love going through divorce, miscarriages, children...
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Christmas 2025-1: God's Answer
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Gods answer is a baby. Artwork: Tshikamba, Nativity Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. TOUR INFORMATION!~ Unlocking Ancient England with Mandy Green March 13-27, 2026 With special Guests: Margaret Barker Tom Bree & Guy Olgilvy $4,800 USD price per person Double Occupancy $5,900 USD price per person Single Occupancy For Beginning Biblical...
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Summer Series #1: The Value of Conversation.
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Whoever you are, wherever you are, I hope you find a home and a place in this glorious conversation here at Reflecting Light. Welcome home. "Perhaps the secret of living well is not having all the answer, but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company." Rachel Naomi Remen You're invited to join me and other truth seekers in this ongoing conversation in the U.K., March 13-27th, 2024 with Margaret Barker, Guy Ogilve, and Tom Bree! For more information, please visit: "Then, after the consecration of the Holy Sacrifice of God, because He wished us also to be His sacrifice, a fact...
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Mary the Magdalene
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The Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalene, July 22, honors this remarkable woman. This podcast is a updated version of the most recent information about this singular disciple of Christ and the illuminating path she forged forward for the rest of us. Additional reading:
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The Saturdays of our Lives
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The Saturdays of our lives are sometimes our darkest hours, as we wait, like disciples of old, for the new life promised in Christ. In this episode, Mandy speaks to this darkness as we wait and hope. artwork: The Grey Havens, by , as seen in the INTO THE WEST, Lyrics by Annie Lennox, Produced by Howard Shore Lay down Your sweet and weary head The night is falling You have come to journey's end Sleep now And dream of the ones who came before They are calling From across the distant shore Why do you weep? What are these tears upon your face? Soon you will see All of your fears will pass...
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"The Least of These
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Today's podcast features guests, Adelaide Roberts, Miss Wyoming For America Strong and Tyler Schwab, President and CEO of Libertas International, an organization committed to the rescue and after care of girls imprisoned in human trafficking. It's a tough and tender conversation--and an necessary one. To beat an evil of this magnitude, it's going to take all of us! Please listen to the end if possible. For more information about how you can help or to sponsor a girl, please visit: . If donating, please enter: REFLECTING LIGHT PODCAST into the memo space.
info_outlineWelcome to the beginning of Advent as we explore the condescension of God through the lens of Isaiah, in "The Ascension of Isaiah."*
1 Nephi 11:16 "And he said unto me: Knowest thou the condescension of God?"
Art: Prophet Isaiah, Marc Chagall Le prophète Isaïe, 1968; Saint-paul-de-vence, France
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