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Dear People Whom God Loves, What I write here helps me understand my own human journey and the human journey of other people. The cortex part of our brain has cortical columns which are made up of six neurons stacked on top of each other. Present experiences and sensations from the brainstem and limbic system […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, It is helpful to realize that there are various forms of justice. The first is commutative justice.  This speaks of our duties toward one another…that we treat each other fairly and honestly.  If I steal your wallet or defraud you, I am violating commutative justice. The second is distributive justice.  […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, We have been reflecting on integration in us as individual people.  Without going into it deeply, let us look at broader integration. The divine Love that is in us is in all human beings and thus we are all intimately connected to each other.  The blood by which we are […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, In the spirit of listening, I invite you to respond as to your relationship with the Catholic Church as outlined below. Your response will help St. Stanislaus Church become a better parish.  Feel free to share this survey with your friends. I am grateful for your help. Smile, God Loves […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, We have been reflecting on the resurrected state where all the elements of our humanness will be integrated.  This journey involves allowing Love (God) to work in us and with us to enter into that resurrected state that will only happen fully in the next life.  He is an example […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, The resurrected state is the state to which we are all called.  It is the state into which we are drawn (often kicking and screaming) by the infinite mysterious-loving energy we name God.  We are drawn into it kicking and screaming because we resist surrendering to that infinite love.  In […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, We have seen the change that comes from fostering only self-esteem.  What about fostering loving oneself? From what I know, the only way that we learn love of our deep self is to be loved into it.  The more unconditional that love is, the more effective it becomes.  This loving […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, I see loving oneself and self-esteem as being different. I understand self-esteem to mean that we value ourselves because of the talents that we have, the things that we do well, and what we have accomplished.  I think that it is valuable to be praised when we do things well […]

Dear People Whom God Loves, I am reading a book, Joyous Sexuality: Healing from the Effects of Family Sexual Dysfunction, by Mic Hunter M.S.  These are some thoughts of his…mixed in with a little bit of my own.  He writes about these kinds of intimacy. 1.    Physical intimacy – For example, sharing a hug, touching […]