Author Archives: billtonnis

About billtonnis

Child of God, Pastoral Minister, Chaplain, Music Minister, Jail Minister, singer-songwriter, author, activist, former radio news anchor, imperfect follower of Jesus inspired by God's unconditional love, proud uncle... what else is there?

Come Together

Posted on September 7, 2020 by billtonnis

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” – Mother Teresa +++ Listen to my song “Radically Okay” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 6:6-7 On another Sabbath he went … Continue reading →

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Calling

Posted on September 4, 2020 by billtonnis

“Your vocation is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” Frederick Buechner +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ 1 Corinthians 4:1 Thus should one regard us: as … Continue reading →

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Blessings Abound

Posted on September 3, 2020 by billtonnis

“Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world… Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.” – Teilhard de Chardin +++ Listen to my song “Lift Up Our Voices” on YouTube by clicking … Continue reading →

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Be Still

Posted on September 2, 2020 by billtonnis

“Silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation.” – Thomas Keating +++ Listen to my song “Turn Off the Noise” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 4:42-43 At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted … Continue reading →

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Love Wins

Posted on September 1, 2020 by billtonnis

“All shall be well. And all shall be well. And all manner of things shall be well.” – Julian of Norwich +++ Listen to my song “I Stand in the Light” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 145:9 The … Continue reading →

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Christian

Posted on August 31, 2020 by billtonnis

“A church that doesn’t provoke any crisis, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a word of God that doesn’t get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn’t touch the real sin of the society in which it is being … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on August 28, 2020 by billtonnis

God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called. +++ Listen to my song “You’ll Lead Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and … Continue reading →

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Glory

Posted on August 27, 2020 by billtonnis

“The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin +++ Psalm 145:3 Great is the LORD and worthy of much praise, whose … Continue reading →

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Serenity

Posted on August 26, 2020 by billtonnis

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” – Mahatma Gandhi +++ Listen to my song “Make Me a Channel” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ 2 Thessalonians 3:16 May the Lord … Continue reading →

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Love Required

Posted on August 25, 2020 by billtonnis

“Compassion is a verb.” Thich Nhat Hanh +++ Listen to my song “Mercy Reigns” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Matthew 23:23-24 Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of dill and cumin, and … Continue reading →

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