Transcendence and Integration

Posted on October 25, 2019 by - Brother John's Reflections, Featured

For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.  Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.  So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil…[read more]

Jealousy and Truth

Posted on May 1, 2019 by - Brother John's Reflections, Featured

The high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the part of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy, laid hands upon the Apostles and put them in the public jail. Acts 5: 17 But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in…[read more]

Learning To Love God

Posted on June 7, 2018 by - Brother John's Reflections

One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”  Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel!  The Lord your God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with…[read more]