Category Archives: progressive Christianity

Pour Me Out

Posted on January 17, 2019 by billtonnis

EGO stands for: Edge God Out (Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Mark 1:45 The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it … Continue reading →

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Be Still

Posted on January 16, 2019 by billtonnis

“Silence is God’s first language.” – St. John of the Cross (Listen to my song “Turn Off the Noise” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Mark 1:35-38 Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted … Continue reading →

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Compassion Commanded

Posted on January 15, 2019 by billtonnis

Love overrules the rules. (Listen to my song “Mercy Reigns” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Mark 1:21-22 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, … Continue reading →

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Wake Up

Posted on January 14, 2019 by billtonnis

Put your mind on pause. Stop. God is here. (Listen to my song “I Stand in the Light” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Mark 1:14-15 Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of … Continue reading →

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Unify

Posted on January 10, 2019 by billtonnis

Love is all that matters…all the time. (Listen to my song “All Are One” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ 1 John 4:20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does … Continue reading →

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Grace Upon Grace

Posted on January 9, 2019 by billtonnis

It may take time…but love will always win out. (Listen to my song “Radically Okay” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to … Continue reading →

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Top Priority

Posted on January 8, 2019 by billtonnis

May all we say and do be filtered by compassion. (Listen to my song “Make Me a Channel” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ 1 John 4:8 Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. +++ … Continue reading →

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Be Here Now

Posted on January 7, 2019 by billtonnis

Happiness is found in the present moment. (Listen to my song “Slow Me Down” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Matthew 4:17 From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at … Continue reading →

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Live in Love

Posted on January 3, 2019 by billtonnis

When you live as your true self…you are truly free. (Listen to my song “Shall We Sing” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been … Continue reading →

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The Word Became Flesh

Posted on December 24, 2018 by billtonnis

“Into this world, this demented inn in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ comes uninvited. But because he cannot be at home in it, because he is out of place in it, and yet he … Continue reading →

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