Hey everyone, as you may recall, Jim was graciously invited to swim over to The Porpoise Diving Life this September as guest editor. This is part of what Jim had to say about his guest theme:
"When it was time to turn my attention to the September 2007 edition of theporpoisedivinglife.com, identifying the theme was a no-brainer. I had just finished writing Wide Open Spaces, which continues the story of my spiritual metamorphosis of knowing God beyond religion. It became increasingly clear as I wrote that Love is at the center of my transformation. I share an excerpt from the book about this as part of the September edition.
I invited people to share some aspect of their journey as it relates to Love. I hope the offerings and reflections of Love you'll see stimulate a greater awareness of Love for each person who reads them.
Speaking of Love, I am so often on the receiving end of Love when it comes to Bill Dahl. There are plenty of people with all kinds of concepts and notions about God and spiritual things, but Bill is one of those people who inspires and challenges me because he lives Love, and turns God’s Love for him and in him out to others without condition. Bill is an expression of the unconditional Love and acceptance of God for the world, and my desire for this September 2007 edition of The Porpoise Diving Life is to inspire each of us to likewise be these expressions of Love along the everyday paths of life."
Thank you Jim for all your work on this guest editor theme about Turn Love Inside Out, and my thanks to Bill for his kind invitation. I'm so grateful to know you both!
"When it was time to turn my attention to the September 2007 edition of theporpoisedivinglife.com, identifying the theme was a no-brainer. I had just finished writing Wide Open Spaces, which continues the story of my spiritual metamorphosis of knowing God beyond religion. It became increasingly clear as I wrote that Love is at the center of my transformation. I share an excerpt from the book about this as part of the September edition.
I invited people to share some aspect of their journey as it relates to Love. I hope the offerings and reflections of Love you'll see stimulate a greater awareness of Love for each person who reads them.
Speaking of Love, I am so often on the receiving end of Love when it comes to Bill Dahl. There are plenty of people with all kinds of concepts and notions about God and spiritual things, but Bill is one of those people who inspires and challenges me because he lives Love, and turns God’s Love for him and in him out to others without condition. Bill is an expression of the unconditional Love and acceptance of God for the world, and my desire for this September 2007 edition of The Porpoise Diving Life is to inspire each of us to likewise be these expressions of Love along the everyday paths of life."
Thank you Jim for all your work on this guest editor theme about Turn Love Inside Out, and my thanks to Bill for his kind invitation. I'm so grateful to know you both!
3 comments:
Jim, you've mentioned the Porpoise site before but I have never visited until today. Wow! Alot there. What I looked at contained some great stuff.
I took the following from the chart comparing the book with the similar title - theme # 16.
"What I believe is what I do. Belief must be expressed in behavior"
If we only receive and dont give back, we are only experiencing half of the relationship with God half of the promise. Im not referring to giving back "perfect behavior" or money or prizes.
To me it means giving back the Love that we have received - to God, and the best way we can do that is through giving Love to each other even in difficult situations.
This isnt always as easy as it sounds, but like you said in an earlier post, I cant imagine a higher purpose, and while I continue to falter, fall, flail, and fail I am in love with the goal and the promise.
...sorry for all the f-words :o)
Keren, I love what you said about "I'm in love with the goal and the promise". I falter, flail, fall, and whatever other F words there are out there that describe my stumbling journey in Love. Oh, but what an amazing path to try and keep my footing on. By the way, I'm just feeling so grateful for you right now, and wanted to tell you that. :)
Back at ya sister. I love this website and all involved so much!! God is great.
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