August 2020 – Tone of Life

Bill Isaacs

The Authority of Quiet

sanbar August 30, 2020

by Bill Isaacs

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Let us be present together in this moment of quietness, to listen to the world around us, the world within us, the larger dimensions of Being that are always present.

There is a great deal of noise in the world. I was struck by this realization this summer when my family and I spent a few weeks on an Island 30 miles out to sea, off the coast of Massachusetts. We stayed in a place where you could constantly see the open sea, the sky, the wide landscape, and in the evenings, dazzling and richly textured sunsets. The Milky Way gleamed vividly luminous at night. And most strikingly, it was very quiet. There is a vastness and an openness to this place. I realized how nourishing that is, how sensual, and how easily that experience can be lost in the press of busy experience.

Larry Krantz

To Live Gracefully

sanbar August 16, 2020

"Grace, and graceful living, is no accident but the result of moving with the rhythms of Being, and of listening within. It is not a haphazard thing, but the result of right living."

August 16, 2020

by Larry Krantz

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The world is a messy and chaotic place, especially these days. There is an intensification happening which may prove destructive unless there is a rising up of spiritual consciousness to meet it and extend control, and we have an important part to play in letting this outworking be creative. People often favor quantity rather than quality oflife experience. They want more but have less. This notion is well-expressed by Dr. Bob Moorehead of Seattle (from Words Aptly Spoken, 1995). He says:

To Grace the World

sanbar August 2, 2020

"Life is God’s gift to the world through humanity. This is why all life matters."

August 2, 2020

by Pamela Gray and John Gray

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Pamela Gray: In these days of intensification when so many feel this world is rapidly moving out of control in horrendous ways, there is a constant. We gather like this to remember. The grace of God is with us. This is the constant that has always been and always will be present: God’s grace.