Tag Archives: life

Mercy Reigns

Posted on November 25, 2020 by billtonnis

“God’s dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.” – Desmond Tutu +++ Listen to my song “Mercy Reigns” on YouTube … Continue reading →

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Glory Be

Posted on November 24, 2020 by billtonnis

“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.” – Rumi +++ Listen to my song “How Magnificent, Wondrous and Glorious” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Psalm 96:11-12 … Continue reading →

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Have Faith

Posted on November 23, 2020 by billtonnis

“Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living.” – Albert Einstein +++ Listen to my song “Pour Me Out” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 21:1-3 When he looked up he saw some wealthy people … Continue reading →

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Transition

Posted on November 17, 2020 by billtonnis

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu +++ Listen to my song “Changed” on YouTube by clicking HERE. +++ Luke 19:2-3 Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a … Continue reading →

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Sacred Unity

Posted on November 6, 2020 by billtonnis

“Union with God is not withdrawal or separation from the activity of the world but a dedicated, integrated, and sublimated absorption into it.” – Ilia Delio +++ Listen to my song “How Magnificent, Wondrous and Glorious” on YouTube +++ Philippians … Continue reading →

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The Call to Serve

Posted on November 2, 2020 by billtonnis

“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” – St. Therese of Lisieux +++ Listen to my song … Continue reading →

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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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