Peace Treatments

Here's something I'm wondering.  On the night He was betrayed, Christ prayed in the garden for His future church, the Bride.  He prayed that we would be one, just as the Father and He are one.  Specifically, He asked "I pray also for those who will believe in Me...that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in Me and I am in You.  May they also be in us so that the world may believe that You have sent me . I have given them the glory that You gave Me, that they may be one as We are one, I in them and You in me.  May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved Me" (John 17:20-23)   Did you catch that? Our oneness, our unity, is what lets the WHOLE WORLD know that the Father sent Jesus, and that the Father loves them - the world - as much as He loves Jesus. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the key to the world coming out if it's...

There is a sense of restlessness in my soul these days.  It's one of those "can't quite put my finger on it" kind of fleeting things, akin to trying to remember a dream as it flits away in the wakefulness.  Yesterday as I tried to talked to Jim about it, I kept crying.  Now, where is THAT coming from? At one point he asked why I sounded so intense and I replied that I was feeling frenetic, stuck between feeling like a chicken running around with it's head cut off and trying to shake an immovable, monstrous tree to see if any fruit falls out.  I know that for everything there is a season and that God has a plan, a purpose, and a roll out. My problem - if you can call it a problem - is that I feel ready for whatever THAT is,  NOW.  It does not help that I'm utterly bored in my job.  With all this learning I want to start applying, and adjusting claims is not conducive to application of what I'm learning.  So, in...

It's still somewhat surreal, this current pursuit of mine.  Who would have thought it? I remember thinking that finishing my certificate in mediation at the Justice Institute was daunting and now I have finished the first residency in my master's program at the School of Peace and Conflict at Royal Roads University.    It was tough.  Three weeks of intensity, completing 2 courses. I struggled with doubt, fear and homesickness.  I found myself second guessing my motives, skills and whether or not I was truly on the right path.  This all culminated in my marks, which came back this past Friday.  An A- and a B.  After achieving a 4.13 GPA in the leadership program at TWU, I was disappointed.  But then I realized that the voice in my head was the overly responsible, perfectionist, control freak that still lives in me. She's not quite crucified yet I see. LOL.  Well, at least the feedback from the pro...