Tag Archives: God

Wholeness

Posted on December 23, 2020 by billtonnis

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.” – Thich Nhat Hanh +++ Listen to my song “The Way You Are” on YouTube by clicking HERE. Help support my ministry by … Continue reading →

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True Self

Posted on December 21, 2020 by billtonnis

“It is the self-planted in us by the God who made us in God’s own image – the self that wants nothing more, or less, than for us to be who we were created to be.” – Parker Palmer, Let … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on December 15, 2020 by billtonnis

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. +++ Listen to my song “Love Will Always Lead you Home” on YouTube by clicking HERE. Please consider supporting my ministry by scrolling down and … Continue reading →

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Be Here

Posted on December 14, 2020 by billtonnis

“God comes to you disguised as your life.” – Paula D’Arcy +++ Listen to my song “Breathe On Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. Please support my ministry by scrolling below the following reflection and purchasing my songs and books. … Continue reading →

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Making All Things New

Posted on December 7, 2020 by billtonnis

“God is ever newness in love. Transcendence, therefore, is the future beyond that draws us in the present movement toward greater wholeness and unity.” – Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ +++ Listen to my song “Give Praise and Thanks” on … Continue reading →

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Source of Life

Posted on December 4, 2020 by billtonnis

“God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.” – Julian of Norwich +++ Listen to my song “God Is” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light … Continue reading →

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Love Is a Verb

Posted on December 3, 2020 by billtonnis

“Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.” – Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to … Continue reading →

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God Calling

Posted on December 1, 2020 by billtonnis

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi +++ Listen to my song “You’ll Lead Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 72:12-13 For he rescues the poor when they cry out, … Continue reading →

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Good News

Posted on November 30, 2020 by billtonnis

“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner +++ Listen to my song “Make Me a Channel” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Matthew 4:18-20 As … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2020 by billtonnis

“By virtue of Creation, and still more the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin +++ Listen to my song “How Magnificent, Wondrous and Glorious by clicking HERE. +++ … Continue reading →

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