Category Archives: Today’s Contemplation

Death Happens

Posted on September 28, 2020 by billtonnis

Let go and let God. +++ Listen to my song “Make Your Way” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Job 1:21 Job said, “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I go back there.” +++ Death. … Continue reading →

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Meaning of Life

Posted on September 25, 2020 by billtonnis

“Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” – Rainer Maria Rilke +++ Listen to my song “You’ll Lead Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 9:20 … Continue reading →

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Go with the Flow

Posted on September 24, 2020 by billtonnis

“Above all, trust in the slow work of God.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin +++ Listen to my song “Love Will Always Lead You Home” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 90:5-6 They sleep, and in the morning they … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on September 23, 2020 by billtonnis

“If you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy you have not yet begun to live.” – Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ … Continue reading →

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Just Do It

Posted on September 22, 2020 by billtonnis

“Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” – St Francis of Assisi +++ Listen to my song “Make Me a Channel” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 8:19-21 The mother of Jesus and his brothers … Continue reading →

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In Christ

Posted on September 21, 2020 by billtonnis

“We’ve learned to fly the air as birds, we’ve learned to swim the seas as fish, yet we haven’t learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters.” – Martin Luther King Jr +++ Listen to my song “I Stand … Continue reading →

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My Second Book Is Published…

Posted on September 18, 2020 by billtonnis

Available on Amazon. Click HERE to view and/or purchase. Thanks!

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Action Required

Posted on September 18, 2020 by billtonnis

“The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.” – Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical +++ Listen to my song “I Want to Follow You” on YouTube by … Continue reading →

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Unearned Blessing

Posted on September 17, 2020 by billtonnis

“Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “Changed” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ 1 Corinthians 15:9-10 For I am the least … Continue reading →

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Main Motivation

Posted on September 16, 2020 by billtonnis

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “How Wonderful to Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ … Continue reading →

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