Category Archives: Today’s Contemplation

Communion

Posted on September 15, 2020 by billtonnis

“Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.” – Mahatma Gandhi +++ Listen to my song “All Are Welcome” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ 1 Corinthians 12:12, 27 As a … Continue reading →

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Death to Life

Posted on September 14, 2020 by billtonnis

“The wings of transformation are born of patience and struggle.” – Janet S. Dickens +++ Listen to my song “The Way You Are” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Book of Numbers 21:9 Accordingly Moses made a bronze serpent and … Continue reading →

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Big Picture

Posted on September 11, 2020 by billtonnis

“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer +++ Listen to the song of the day “All Are One” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 6:41 “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s … Continue reading →

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Compassionate Power

Posted on September 10, 2020 by billtonnis

“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.” – Martin Luther King +++ Listen to my song “Mercy Reigns” on YouTube. +++ Luke 6:27-29 “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who … Continue reading →

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Happily Empty

Posted on September 9, 2020 by billtonnis

“Attachment is the source of all suffering.” Buddha +++ Listen to my song “Breathe On Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 6:20 And raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for … Continue reading →

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Do Your Thing

Posted on September 8, 2020 by billtonnis

“We are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the wind, and join in the general Dance.” – Thomas Merton +++ Listen to my song “Shall We Sing” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Romans 8:28 … Continue reading →

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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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