Through the Flaming Sword

In my previous post, I talked about what it’s been like for feel a calling to vocal ministry, which is for me a new experience. I had originally planned to share the ministry I had brought to meeting the previous Sunday, and ended up talking about the experience instead.

So here is that vocal ministry for 14 Ninth Month, 2025:

Listen!

The voice of the Spirit within us is often just a murmur barely audible over the noise in our brains. 

It is calling out our true name, as Jesus did to Mary Magdalen in the garden; it is calling us back to the Garden with words of healing;

with words that can strengthen us in our troubles and comfort us in our sorrows;

with words to awaken us to the truth within us and to the beauty around us;

with words to guide us as we walk in the world, and correct us when we step off the path, and forgive us when we have stepped off the path;

with words to inspire us to acts of creative expression and to acts of courage;

with words to bring us into love, love of God, love of each other, love even of our enemies;

with words that lead us into fulfillment and joy.: