Quotes about Renewal

The old field of space, time, matter, and the senses is to be weeded, dug, and sown for a new crop. We may be tired of that old field: God is not.

Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second.

Christ comes among us at Christmas: it is the perfect time for a personal encounter with the Lord.

We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.

Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.

The Master knows better than to exhaust His servants and quench the light of Israel. Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.

After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.

Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.

Spiritual growth involves giving up the stories of your past so the universe can write a new one.

Change is in the air, as old patterns fall away and new energies are emerging. Consciously release what needs to be released, and welcome with a full embrace the newness you've prayed for and so richly deserve.

Dear God, Thank you for this new day, its beauty and its light. Thank You for my chance to begin again. Free me from the limitations of yesterday. Today may I be reborn. May I become more fully a reflection of Your radiance. Give me strength and compassion and courage and wisdom. Show me the light in myself and others. May I recognize the good that is available everywhere.

I atone in my heart for the mistakes I have made: the recklessness and irresponsibility, the laziness and dishonesty, the harm I have caused to myself or others. I pray for those who I may have hurt, and ask that they be healed of any pain I might have caused them. I vow to be a better person now, that I might rise where before I had fallen, and shine where I had dwelled in darkness.