The ramblings, rants, raves, and reveries of a Hippie Christian. Comments about life and the journey of faith at the intersection of the spiritual and material worlds. Welcome Home!
In the shadow of expanding Middle East conflict, we need to evaluate our stance as followers of the Prince of Peace. As the English Baptist minister Charles H. Spurgeon stated back in 1858...
"The Church of Christ is continually represented under the figure of an
army; yet its Captain is the Prince of Peace; its object is the
establishment of peace, and its soldiers are men of a peaceful
disposition. The spirit of war is at the extremely opposite point to the
spirit of the gospel"
Our job is to pray that world leaders would make decisions leading to peace rather than war...
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone, for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (Timothy 2:1-2)
"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God"
~Jesus (Matthew 5:9)
Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)
Who Would Jesus Bomb? is my adaptation of Christus am Olberg by Josef Untersberger
Rock Mass for Sunday April 7, 2024 - Earth Day Edition
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it (Psalms 24:1) Ever since God created the
world, his invisible qualities,
both his eternal power and his divine
nature,
have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that
God has made.
So those people have no excuse at all! (Romans 1:20)
And Jehovah God took the man,
and caused him to rest in the garden of Eden,
to serve it, and to keep it. (Genesis 2:15)
We have been entrusted by the Father to be custodians of his Creation, it is our
responsibility to care for and protect the Earth. The Earth is God's primary revelation of himself, his ever present means of revealing his great creative power and his loving provision of the life giving miracle that we call home - Earth. What a powerful witness it would be if those who claim to love God and who want to evangelize the world would actually protect and care for God's Creation.
Peace, Love and Light!
Kevin (Cloud)
The inspiration for creating "Rock Mass" came from the Rock Mass at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena California back in the early 1970’s. On the first Friday night of each month All Saints held a Rock Mass which was a mix of traditional Episcopalian Mass and rock concert. A live band would play popular rock music which couldn’t necessarily be called “Christian” but contained spiritual phrases and references to God or Jesus. During the 1960’s and early 1970’s there was an explosion of these songs coming out of the "secular" music industry way before there was “Contemporary Christian Music”, in a way, it could be called "The Gospel According To Billboard's Top 10". (Stained glass guitar angel found at www.patheos.com/blogs/nadiabolzweber)