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Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Stephen Covey, with music by Acreage.
Passage: I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. —2 Timothy 1:5
Perspective: Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. ―Stephen R. Covey
Music: “Planets” by Acreage
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Isaac Newton, with music by Moments.
Passage: God is not the author of confusion but of peace. —First Corinthians 14:3
Perspective: Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. ―Isaac Newton
Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament and from the writings of Robert Ingersoll, with music by Quiet Lake.
Passage: Examine all things; retain that which is good. —First Thessalonians 5:21
Perspective: The doctrine that future happiness depends upon belief is monstrous. It is the infamy of infamies. The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation. ―Robert Ingersoll
Music: “Paths” by Quiet Lake
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Saint Augustine, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Passage: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. —Matthew 11:28
Perspective: Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee. —Saint Augustine
Music: “Friendship And Enmity” by Kurtis Parks
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, with music by Moments.
Passage: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord… that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. —Isaiah 2:3
Perspective: Radiant is the world soul, full of splendor and beauty, full of life, of souls hidden, of treasures of the holy spirit, of fountains of strength, of greatness and beauty.
Proudly I ascend toward the heights of the world soul that gives life to the universe. How majestic the vision.
Come, enjoy. Come, find peace. Embrace delight. Taste and see that God is good.
Why spend your substance on what does not nourish and your labor on what cannot satisfy?
Listen to me, and you will enjoy what is good, and find delight in what is truly precious.
—Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook
Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Albert Camus, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Passage: One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there are also friends who are as reliable as family. —Proverbs 18:24
Perspective: Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead. Walk beside me… just be my friend. ―Albert Camus
Music: “Friendship And Enmity” by Kurtis Parks
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Ray Bradbury, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. —John 14:27
Perspective: “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies . . . It doesn't matter what you do, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.” ―Ray Bradbury
Music: “Open Focus” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Rabindranath Tagore, with music by Shimmer.
Passage: “The saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” —John 4:37-38
Perspective: The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life. —Rabindranath Tagore
Music: “Era” by Shimmer
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Meditations For The Metro will be on a summer break from Monday, June 26 through Monday, July 10. Until then, remember that there are 1100-plus episodes you may listen to in our archives.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with music by Cody Martin.
Passage: Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”
When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”
“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is sacred ground.” —Exodus 3:1-5
Perspective: Earth's crammed with heaven... but only he who sees, takes off his shoes. ―Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Music: “Home Is Where The Heart Is” by Cody Martin
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Gustav Mahler, with music by Fair Frame.
Passage: For this reason, I am reminding you to fan the flame of God’s gift, which you received. —2 Timothy 1:6
Perspective: Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ―Gustav Mahler
Music: “Hope” by Fair Frame
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Mokokoma Mokhonoana, with music by Stephen Keech.
Passage: Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” —Matthew 14:29-32
Perspective: To most human beings, wind is an irritation. To most trees, wind is a song. ―Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Music: “Wind” by Stephen Keech
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Cassandra Clare, with music by Moments.
Passage: The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord. —Proverbs 20:27
Perspective: Whatever you are physically... male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what your heart contains. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside. ―Cassandra Clare
Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Samuel in The Old Testament and from the writings of Albert Schweitzer, with music by In This World.
Passage: Whenever the tormenting spirit troubled Saul, David would play the harp, the evil spirit would go away, and Saul would feel better. —1 Samuel 16:23
Perspective: There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats. ―Albert Schweitzer
Music: “Ancient Scrolls” by In This World
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Lionel Shriver, with music by Moments.
Passage: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. —Hebrews 13:8
Perspective: Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere exactly. ―Lionel Shriver
Music: “Here With You” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Neem Karoli Baba, with music by Alsever Lake.
Passage: I discipline my body, training it to do what it should. —1 Corinthians 9:27
Perspective: A learned man and a fool are alike as long as there is attachment and ego in the physical body. ―Neem Karoli Baba
Music: “Picture This” by Alsever Lake
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Rasheed Ogunlaru, with music by Moments.
Passage: These bodies of ours, though made of clay, are filled with treasure. —2 Corinthians 4:7
Perspective: There is no shortage of external inspiration. Open your eyes and look and you'll be dazzled by it. But it's nothing if you fail to see the magic, wonder and potential that resides within. ―Rasheed Ogunlaru
Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of Ravindra Shukla, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: How could one person chase off a thousand in battle? How could two people make ten thousand flee for their lives? Only because the Lord handed them over. —Deuteronomy 32:30
Perspective: When people of similar frequencies come together, output is not a simple sum of individual work, but exponential. In science we term this phenomenon as resonance. Output at this stage is beyond any logical limit. ―Ravindra Shukla
Music: “Resonance” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hosea in The Old Testament and from the writings of Graham Greene, with music by Lost Ghosts.
Passage: I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me. —Hosea 5:15
Perspective: Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation. ―Graham Greene
Music: “Darkest Space” by Lost Ghosts
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Brennan Manning, with music by Shimmer.
Passage: I exhort, then, first of all, that supplication, prayer, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for all people– for kings, and all who are in authority, that we might lead quiet and peaceable lives in godliness and gravity. —1 Timothy 2:1-2
Perspective: While there is much we may have earned--our degree and our salary, our home and garden, a Miller Lite and a good night's sleep--all this is possible only because we have been given so much: life itself, eyes to see and hands to touch, a mind to shape ideas, and a heart to beat with love. We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt. This and so much more is sheer gift; it is not reward for our faithfulness, our generous disposition, or our heroic life of prayer. Even our fidelity is a gift. ―Brennan Manning
Music: “Pages” by Shimmer
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Joey Curtis, with music by Moments.
Passage: What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops. —Luke 12:3
Perspective: Life shapes us whether we like it or not. It's the choices we make in the dark when we're all alone in our secret place that shape the world around us. ―Joey Curtis
Music: “Hear Me Now” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Work Brunch.
Passage: The Lord was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. And out of the silence the voice of God spoke. —1 Kings 19:11-13
Perspective: Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” ―Rumi
Music: “Thought Pool” by Work Brunch
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Vincent van Gogh, with music by Cast of Characters.
Passage: Everyone who keeps asking will receive. Everyone who keeps searching will find. And everyone who keeps knocking will have the door opened. —Matthew 7:8
Perspective: If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. —Vincent van Gogh
Music: “In Search Of Discovery” by Cast of Characters
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Saint Jerome, with music by Moments.
Passage: Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. —Isaiah 1:17
Perspective: Someone may ask, “How is justice greater than all the other virtues?” The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others. —Saint Jerome
Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Carl Sagan, with music by Sean Daugherty.
Passage: When I look up at the heavens, the moon and the stars that you set in place, what are human beings that you think about them and care for them?You’ve made them only a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and honor. —Psalm 8:3-5
Perspective: The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena… The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there... —Carl Sagan
Music: “Empty Space” by Sean Daugherty
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of E.F. Schumacher, with music by Wild Wonder.
Passage: The entrance of thy words giveth light; and understanding unto the simple. —Psalm 119:130
Perspective: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ―E.F. Schumacher
Music: “Childlike” by Wild Wonder
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of John Green, with music by Craig Allen Fravel.
Passage: God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7
Perspective: There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. ―John Green
Music: “Lucid Dreams” by Craig Allen Fravel
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Suzy Kassem, with music by Cristina Scannicchio.
Passage: I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. —Romans 7:15
Perspective: Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system. Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them. We have a universe within ourselves that mimics the universe outside. None of us are just black or white, or never wrong and always right. No one. No one exists without polarities. Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them. ―Suzy Kassem
Music: “In The Misty Valley” by Cristina Scannicchio
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Habakkuk in The Old Testament and from the writings of Nayyirah Waheed, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. —Habakkuk 2:14
Perspective: If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air. —Nayyirah Waheed
Music: “Resonance” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Byron, with music by Acreage.
Passage: A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. —Proverbs 17:22
Perspective: Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. ―Byron
Music: “Motions” by Acreage
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of John Muir, with music by Setah.
Passage: You will go out in joy and be led back in peace. The land itself will break out in cheers; The mountains and the hills will erupt in song, and the trees of the field will clap to the rhythm of nature. —Isaiah 55:12
Perspective: Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. ―John Muir
Music: “Piano Butterfly” by Setah
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Louisa Thomsen Brits, with music by Chelsea McGough.
Passage: I am the Lord who comforts you. —Isaiah 51:12
Perspective: Hygge offers space for both reverie and relatedness. The heat of an open fire draws us close. Its shadow gives us a place to hide and softens our gaze. ―Louisa Thomsen Brits
Music: “Reverie” by Chelsea McGough
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Genesis in The Old Testament and from the writings of Mary Oliver, with music by Cloud Wave.
Passage: In the beginning God made the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was everywhere; and the Spirit of God was brooding over the face of the waters. —Genesis 1:1-2
Perspective: Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ―Mary Oliver
Music: “Stratosphere” by Cloud Wave
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Stanley Hauerwas, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Passage: The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. —Exodus 33:11
Perspective: Friendship, if it is the friendship of God, is to be characterized by fidelity in which you are even willing to tell the friend the truth. Which may mean you will risk the friendship. You need to be in that kind of community to survive the loneliness that threatens all of our souls. —Stanley Hauerwas
Music: “Friendship And Enmity” by Kurtis Parks
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Stephen Keech.
Passage: To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. —Romans 8:6
Perspective: Unless we train it, the very nature of the mind is to keep on hopping from one thing to another, almost at random. The mind can be very usefully employed, but it has to be trained for its job. Too much of the time the mind is engaged in negative thinking, either about others or about ourselves – a destructive occupation. Training the mind means establishing and maintaining sound shop standards: good, creative, consistently kind thinking, and no around-the-clock activity, either. When the mind has nothing productive to do, we need to learn how to close up shop and let it rest. —Eknath Easwaran
Music: “For They Will Inherit The Earth” by Stephen Keech
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Julian of Norwich, with music by Wes Taylor.
Passage: “As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you” says the Lord. —Isaiah 42:14
Perspective: God showed me this truth in all things, saying, “It is I. I am the power and the Goodness of the Father, I am the Wisdom of the Mother, I am the Light and the Grace which is blessed love, I am the Trinity, I am the Unity, I am the supreme Goodness of all kind of things, I am the One who makes you love, I am the One who makes you desire, I am the never-ending fulfilment of all true desires." …It is thus logical that God, being our Father, be also our Mother. ―Julian of Norwich
Music: “Ode To Mothers” by Wes Taylor
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Peter in The New Testament and from the writings of Dean Koontz, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Passage: If Christ suffered, so will we. This has a purpose. For in our suffering, we learn to live for God’s will rather than for our own. —1 Peter 4:1-2
Perspective: Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. ―Dean Koontz
Music: “Afternoon” by Lincoln Davis
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: Suffering brings perseverance, which brings character, which brings hope. There is no shame in this, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. —Romans 5:3-5
Perspective: When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God." And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.―Kahlil Gibran
Music: “Columba” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Brittin Oakman, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Passage: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. —Proverbs 4:23
Perspective: I lied and said I was busy. I was busy; but not in a way most people understand. I was busy taking deeper breaths. I was busy silencing irrational thoughts. I was busy calming a racing heart. I was busy telling myself I am okay. Sometimes, this is my busy - and I will not apologize for it. ―Brittin Oakman
Music: “Promise Of Hope” by Kurtis Parks
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Falls.
Passage: The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. —Ecclesiastes 1:6-7
Perspective: Your hand opens and closes, opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as birds' wings. ―Rumi
Music: “Every Now And Zen” by Falls
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Leah Raeder, with music by Dreamware.
Passage: The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. —Psalm 34:18
Perspective: Kintsugi is a pottery technique. When something breaks, like a vase, they glue it back together with melted gold. Instead of making the cracks invisible, they make them beautiful. To celebrate the history of the object. What it's been through. And I was just thinking of us like that. My heart full of gold veins, instead of cracks. ―Leah Raeder
Music: “Here With Me” by Dreamware
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Zechariah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Steve Maraboli, with music by Acreage.
Passage: God says, “I will refine people like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them.” I will say, “These are my people,” and they will say, “We have found God.” —Zechariah 13:9
Perspective: Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient. ―Steve Maraboli
Music: “Abandon” by Acreage
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of John Steinbeck, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: News about Jesus spread, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew from them, going to lonely places to pray. —Luke 5:15-16
Perspective: All great and precious things are lonely. —John Steinbeck
Music: “Mystic Wind” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of St. Augustine, with music by Falls.
Passage: The mouth reveals what the heart is full of. —Matthew 12:34
Perspective: Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? I am a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of my head are easier by far to count than my feelings, the movements of my heart. —Saint Augustine
Music: “Mindfullness” by Falls
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Donald Miller, with music by Hale.
Passage: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. —1 John 1:8
Perspective: When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. ―Donald Miller
Music: “Flutter” by Hale
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Lao Tzu, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. —Ecclesiastes 9:11-18
Perspective: Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ―Lao Tzu
Music: “Open To Receive” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, with music by Makenna Susan.
Passage: Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of of the One to whom we must answer. —Hebrews 4:13
Perspective: Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love. ―Fyodor Dostoevsky
Music: “Rivers” by Makenna Susan
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Christian Wiman, with music by a Thousand Words.
Passage: Those who humble themselves like a little child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 18:4
Perspective: So long as your ambition is to stamp your existence upon existence, your nature on nature, then your ambition is corrupt and you are pursuing a ghost. ―Christian Wiman
Music: “For All Our Days” by A Thousand Words
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Shannon L. Alder, with music by Moments.
Passage: Do everything without grumbling and complaining so that you may be like pure, innocent children, shining like lights in the darkness. —Philippians 2:14-15
Perspective: Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people's misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much. ―Shannon L. Alder
Music: “Last Love” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Peter Gabriel, with music by TAYME.
Passage: For in him all things were made: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. All things have were made through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all parts become one. —Colossians 1:16-17
Perspective: So we think we really live apart because we’ve got two legs, a brain, and a heart. We all belong to everything; to the octopus suckers and the buzzard’s wing, to the elephant’s trunk and buzzing bee’s sting. Stuff coming out, stuff going in, I’m just a part of everything. —Peter Gabriel
Music: “Family” by TAYME
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Moments.
Passage: Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. —2 Corinthians 5:6-8
Perspective: As long as we think we are the body, we will fight to hold onto the body when death comes to wrench it away. The tragedy, of course, is that death is going to take it anyway. So the great teachers in all religions tell us, “Give up your selfish attachments now and be free.” Then, when death does come, we can give him what is his without a shadow of regret, and keep for ourselves what is ours, which is love of the Lord.
There is great artistry in this. Death comes and growls something about how our time has come, and we just say, “Don’t growl; I’m ready to come on my own.” Then we stand up gracefully, take off the jacket that is the body, hand it over carefully, and go home. —Eknath Easwaran
Music: “The Light Within” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Graham Greene, with music by Shimmer.
Passage: What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, that you examine them every morning and test them every moment? Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant? If I have erred, what is it to you, you who see everything? Why have you made me your target? —Job 7:17-20
Perspective: I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist. ―Graham Greene
Music: “Icarus” by Shimmer
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Second Chronicles The Old Testament and from the writings of Faraaz Kazi, with music by EVOE.
Passage: The Lord’s eyes scan the whole world to strengthen those who are committed to him with all their hearts. —2 Chronicles 16:9
Perspective: The best kiss is the one that has been exchanged a thousand times between the eyes before it reaches the lips. ―Faraaz Kazi
Music: “Rise Again” by EVOE
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Abhijit Naskar, with music by Acreage.
Passage: Those who adore God’s ways are truly happy. Their descendants will be strong. Their offspring will be blessed; abundance will be in their houses. They shine in the dark for others. They are merciful and compassionate. They conduct their affairs with justice. They give freely to those in need and their strength increases. —Psalm 112
Perspective: Your field of work doesn't make you a good person. If you are a good person, you make that field a good field. —Abhijit Naskar
Music: “Lately” by Acreage
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Soren Kierkegaard, with music by Quiet Lake.
Passage: You have believed for so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basics about God. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. —Hebrews 5:12
Perspective: O Luther, you had 95 theses. The matter is far more terrible-there is only one thesis. The Christianity of the New Testament does not exist at all. Here there is nothing to reform. —Soren Kierkegaard
Music: “Waking Us” by Quiet Lake
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s episode is an update from our host, Ryan Phipps with music by Cast Of Characters.
Music: “Pyaar Kee Seemaen” by Cast Of Characters
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Shimmer.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
2 Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the all."
42 Jesus said, "Become passers-by."
48 Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away."
67 Jesus said, "If one who knows the all still feels a personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."
69 Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled."
74 He said, "O Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern."
77 Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up a stone, and you will find me there."
95 Jesus said, "If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give it to one from whom you will not get it back."
108 Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 2, 42, 48, 67, 69, 74, 77, 95, and 108
Music: “First Snow” by Shimmer
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Quiet Lake.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
110 Jesus said, "Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world."
111 Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in your presence. And the one who lives from the living one will not see death." Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is superior to the world?"
112 Jesus said, "Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh."
113 His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."
114 Simon Peter said to him, "Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life." Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 110-114
Music: “Waking Us” by Quiet Lake
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Outside The Sky.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
106 Jesus said, "When you make the two one, you will become the sons of man, and when you say, 'Mountain, move away,' it will move away."
107 Jesus said, "The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I care for you more than the ninety-nine.'"
108 Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him."
109 Jesus said, "The kingdom is like a man who had a hidden treasure in his field without knowing it. And after he died, he left it to his son. The son did not know about the treasure. He inherited the field and sold it. And the one who bought it went plowing and found the treasure. He began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 106-109
Music: “Luminosity” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Lost Ghosts.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
102 Jesus said, "Woe to the pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping in the manger of oxen, for neither does he eat nor does he let the oxen eat."
103 Jesus said, "Fortunate is the man who knows where the brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain, and arm himself before they invade."
104 They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today and let us fast."
Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or wherein have I been defeated? But when the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray."
105 Jesus said, "He who knows the father and the mother will be called the son of a harlot." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 102-105
Music: “Murmur” by Lost Ghosts
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by DeHartmann.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
99 The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing outside." He said to them, "Those here who do the will of my father are my brothers and my mother. It is they who will enter the kingdom of my father."
100 They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "Caesar's men demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give Caesar what belongs to Caesar, give God what belongs to God, and give me what is mine."
101 Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate his father and his mother as I do cannot become a disciple to me. And whoever does not love his father and his mother as I do cannot become a disciple to me. But my true mother gave me life." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 99–101
Music: “Vision” by DeHartmann
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Wild Wonder.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
96 Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman. She took a little leaven, concealed it in some dough, and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears hear."
97 Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on the road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the road. She did not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her house, she set the jar down and found it empty."
98 Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 96–98
Music: “High Above” by Wild Wonder
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
92 Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. Yet, what you asked me about in former times and which I did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell, but you do not inquire after it."
93 Jesus said, "Do not give what is holy to dogs, lest they throw them on the dung- heap. Do not throw the pearls to swine.
94 Jesus said, "He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in."
95 Jesus said, "If you have money, do not lend it at interest, but give it to one from whom you will not get it back." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 92–95
Music: “Blue Hour” by The Stolen Orchestra
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Outside The Sky.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
89 Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Do you not realize that he who made the inside is the same one who made the outside?"
90 Jesus said, "Come unto me, for my yoke is easy and my lordship is mild, and you will find repose for yourselves."
91 They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You read the face of the sky and of the earth, but you have not recognized the one who is before you, and you do not know how to read this moment.” —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 89–91
Music: “Changing” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Featherland.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
77 Jesus said, "It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the all. From me did the all come forth, and unto me did the all extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there."
78 Jesus said, "Why have you come out into the desert? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a man clothed in fine garments like your kings and your great men? Upon them are the fine garments, and they are unable to discern the truth."
79 A woman from the crowd said to him, "Blessed are the womb which bore you and the breasts which nourished you."
He said to her, "Blessed are those who have heard the word of the father and have truly kept it. For there will be days when you will say, 'Blessed are the womb which has not conceived and the breasts which have not given milk.'"
80 Jesus said, "He who has recognized the world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world."
81 Jesus said, "Let him who has grown rich be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it."
82 Jesus said, "He who is near me is near the fire, and he who is far from me is far from the kingdom."
83 Jesus said, "The images are manifest to man, but the light in them remains concealed in the image of the light of the father. He will become manifest, but his image will remain concealed by his light."
84 Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die nor become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"
85 Jesus said, "Adam came into being from a great power and a great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have experienced death."
86 Jesus said, "The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head and rest."
87 Jesus said, "Wretched is the body that is dependent upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these two." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 77-87
Music: “Silence” by Featherland
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Elision.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
66 Jesus said, "Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone."
67 Jesus said, "If one who knows the all still feels a personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."
68 Jesus said, "Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place."
69 Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled."
70 Jesus said, "That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves. That which you do not have within you will kill you if you do not have it within you."
71 Jesus said, "I shall destroy this house, and no one will be able to build it."
72 A man said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions with me." He said to him, "O man, who has made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I am not a divider, am I?"
73 Jesus said, "The harvest is great but the laborers are few. Beseech the Lord, therefore, to send out laborers to the harvest."
74 He said, "O Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the cistern."
75 Jesus said, "Many are standing at the door, but it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber."
76 Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a merchant who had a consignment of merchandise and who discovered a pearl. That merchant was shrewd. He sold the merchandise and bought the pearl alone for himself. You too, seek his unfailing and enduring treasure where no moth comes near to devour and no worm destroys." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 66-76
Music: “Breathless” by Elision
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Shimmer.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
62 Jesus said, "It is to those who are worthy of my mysteries that I tell my mysteries. Do not let your left (hand) know what your right (hand) is doing."
63 Jesus said, "There was a rich man who had much money. He said, 'I shall put my money to use so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouse with produce, with the result that I shall lack nothing.' Such were his intentions, but that same night he died. Let him who has ears hear."
64 Jesus said, "A man had received visitors. And when he had prepared the dinner, he sent his servant to invite the guests.
He went to the first one and said to him, 'My master invites you.'
He said, 'I have claims against some merchants. They are coming to me this evening. I must go and give them my orders. I ask to be excused from the dinner.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master has invited you.'
He said to him, 'I have just bought a house and am required for the day. I shall not have any spare time.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.'
He said to him, 'My friend is going to get married, and I am to prepare the banquet. I shall not be able to come. I ask to be excused from the dinner.'
He went to another and said to him, 'My master invites you.'
He said to him, 'I have just bought a farm, and I am on my way to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come. I ask to be excused.'
The servant returned and said to his master, 'Those whom you invited to the dinner have asked to be excused.' The master said to his servant, 'Go outside to the streets and bring back those whom you happen to meet, so that they may dine.' Businessmen and merchants will not enter the places of my father."
65 He said, "There was a good man who owned a vineyard. He leased it to tenant farmers so that they might work it and he might collect the produce from them. He sent his servant so that the tenants might give him the produce of the vineyard. They seized his servant and beat him, all but killing him. The servant went back and told his master. The master said, 'Perhaps he did not recognize them.' He sent another servant. The tenants beat this one as well. Then the owner sent his son and said, 'Perhaps they will show respect to my son.' Because the tenants knew that it was he who was the heir to the vineyard, they seized him and killed him. Let him who has ears hear." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 62-65
Music: “Finding Peace” by Shimmer
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Outside The Sky.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
55 Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate his father and his mother cannot become a disciple to me. And whoever does not hate his brothers and sisters and take up his cross in my way will not be worthy of me."
56 Jesus said, "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world."
57 Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a man who had good seed. His enemy came by night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The man did not allow them to pull up the weeds; he said to them, 'I am afraid that you will go intending to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them.' For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be plainly visible, and they will be pulled up and burned."
58 Jesus said, "Blessed is the man who has suffered and found life."
59 Jesus said, "Take heed of the living one while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see him and be unable to do so."
60 They saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea. He said to his disciples, "That man is round about the lamb."
They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it."
He said to them, "While it is alive, he will not eat it, but only when he has killed it and it has become a corpse."
They said to him, "He cannot do so otherwise."
He said to them, "You too, look for a place for yourself within repose, lest you become a corpse and be eaten."
61 Jesus said, "Two will rest on a bed: the one will die, and the other will live." Salome said, "Who are you, man, that you have sat on my couch and eaten from my table?"
Jesus said to her, "I am he who exists from the undivided. I was given some of the things of my father."
"Therefore I say, if he is destroyed, he will be filled with light, but if he is divided, he will be filled with darkness." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 55-61
Music: “Come Home” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Cristina Scannicchio.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
47 Jesus said, "It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or to stretch two bows. And it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters; otherwise, he will honor the one and treat the other contemptuously. No man drinks old wine and immediately desires to drink new wine. And new wine is not put into old wineskins, lest they burst; nor is old wine put into a new wineskin, lest it spoil it. An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, because a tear would result."
48 Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away."
49 Jesus said, "Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the kingdom. For you are from it, and to it you will return."
50 Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where did you come from?', say to them, 'We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established itself and became manifest through their image.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?', say, 'We are its children, we are the elect of the living father.' If they ask you, 'What is the sign of your father in you?', say to them, 'It is movement and repose.'"
51 His disciples said to him, "When will the repose of the dead come about, and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."
52 His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke in you."
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your presence and have spoken only of the dead."
53 His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?"
He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely profitable."
54 Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 47-54
Music: “In The Misty Valley” by Cristina Scannicchio
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Craig Allen Fravel.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
39 Jesus said, "The pharisees and the scribes have taken the keys of knowledge and hidden them. They themselves have not entered, nor have they allowed to enter those who wish to. You, however, be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves."
40 Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside of the father, but being unsound, it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed."
41 Jesus said, "Whoever has something in his hand will receive more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little he has."
42 Jesus said, "Become passers-by."
43 His disciples said to him, "Who are you, that you should say these things to us?"
Jesus said to them, "You do not realize who I am from what I say to you, but you have become like the religious leaders, for they either love the tree and hate its fruit or love the fruit and hate the tree."
44 Jesus said, "Whoever blasphemes against the father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven either on earth or in heaven."
45 Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they do not produce fruit. A good man brings forth good from his storehouse; an evil man brings forth evil things from his evil storehouse, which is in his heart, and says evil things. For out of the abundance of the heart he brings forth evil things."
46 Jesus said, "Among those born of women, from Adam until John the Baptist, there is no one so superior to John the Baptist that his eyes should not be lowered before him. Yet I have said, whichever one of you comes to be a child will be acquainted with the kingdom and will become superior to John."
Music: “Lucid Dreams” by Craig Allen Fravel
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Cast Of Characters.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
29 Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."
30 Jesus said, "Where there are three gods, they are gods. Where there are two or one, I am with him."
31 Jesus said, "No prophet is accepted in his own village; no physician heals those who know him."
32 Jesus said, "A city being built on a high mountain and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden."
33 Jesus said, "Preach from your housetops that which you will hear in your ear. For no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel, nor does he put it in a hidden place, but rather he sets it on a lamp stand so that everyone who enters and leaves will see its light."
34 Jesus said, "If a blind man leads a blind man, they will both fall into a pit."
35 Jesus said, "It is not possible for anyone to enter the house of a strong man and take it by force unless he binds his hands; then he will (be able to) ransack his house."
36 Jesus said, "Do not be concerned from morning until evening and from evening until morning about what you will wear."
37 His disciples said, "When will you become revealed to us and when shall we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you disrobe without being ashamed and take up your garments and place them under your feet like little children and tread on them, then will you see the son of the living one, and you will not be afraid"
38 Jesus said, "Many times have you desired to hear these words which I am saying to you, and you have no one else to hear them from. There will be days when you will look for me and will not find me." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 29-38
Music: “Yamabushi” by Cast Of Characters
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Outside The Sky.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
22 Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom."
They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the outside and the outside like the inside, and the above like the below, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female; and when you fashion eyes in the place of an eye, and a hand in place of a hand, and a foot in place of a foot, and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom."
23 Jesus said, "I shall choose you, one out of a thousand, and two out of ten thousand, and they shall stand as a single one."
24 His disciples said to him, "Show us the place where you are, since it is necessary for us to seek it."
He said to them, "Whoever has ears, let him hear. There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not shine, he is darkness."
25 Jesus said, "Love your brother like your soul, guard him like the pupil of your eye."
26 Jesus said, "You see the mote in your brother's eye, but you do not see the beam in your own eye. When you cast the beam out of your own eye, then you will see clearly to cast the mote from your brother's eye."
27 Jesus said, "If you do not fast as regards the world, you will not find the kingdom. If you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the father."
28 Jesus said, "I took my place in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found all of them intoxicated; I found none of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted for the sons of men, because they are blind in their hearts and do not have sight; for empty they came into the world, and empty too they seek to leave the world. But for the moment they are intoxicated. When they shake off their wine, then they will repent." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 22-28
Music: “Changing” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Quiet Lake.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
18 The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us how our end will be."
Jesus said, "Have you discovered, then, the beginning, that you look for the end? For where the beginning is, there will the end be. Blessed is he who will take his place in the beginning; he will know the end and will not experience death."
19 Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall. Whoever becomes acquainted with them will not experience death."
20 The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like."
He said to them, "It is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all seeds. But when it falls on tilled soil, it produces a great plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky."
21 Mary said to Jesus, "Whom are your disciples like?"
He said, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Let us have back our field.' They (will) undress in their presence in order to let them have back their field and to give it back to them. Therefore I say, if the owner of a house knows that the thief is coming, he will begin his vigil before he comes and will not let him dig through into his house of his domain to carry away his goods. You, then, be on your guard against the world. Arm yourselves with great strength lest the robbers find a way to come to you, for the difficulty which you expect will (surely) materialize. Let there be among you a man of understanding. When the grain ripened, he came quickly with his sickle in his hand and reaped it. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 18-21
Music: “Waking Us” by Quiet Lake
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Moments.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
13 Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to someone and tell me whom I am like."
Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a righteous angel."
Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Master, my mouth is wholly incapable of saying whom you are like."
Jesus said, "I am not your master. Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring which I have measured out."
And he took him and withdrew and told him three things. When Thomas returned to his companions, they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the things which he told me, you will pick up stones and throw them at me; a fire will come out of the stones and burn you up."
14 Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will give rise to sin for yourselves; and if you pray, you will be condemned; and if you give alms, you will do harm to your spirits. When you go into any land and walk about in the districts, if they receive you, eat what they will set before you, and heal the sick among them. For what goes into your mouth will not defile you, but that which issues from your mouth - it is that which will defile you."
15 Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, prostrate yourselves on your faces and worship him. That one is your father."
16 Jesus said, "Men think, perhaps, that it is peace which I have come to cast upon the world. They do not know that it is dissension which I have come to cast upon the earth: fire, sword, and war. For there will be five in a house: three will be against two, and two against three, the father against the son, and the son against the father. And they will stand solitary."
17 Jesus said, "I shall give you what no eye has seen and what no ear has heard and what no hand has touched and what has never occurred to the human mind." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 13-17
Music: “Ethereal Nights” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by CJ-0.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
7 Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion which becomes man when consumed by man; and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man."
8 And he said, "The man is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of small fish. Among them the wise fisherman found a fine large fish. He threw all the small fish back into the sea and chose the large fish without difficulty. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
9 Jesus said, "Now the sower went out, took a handful of seeds, and scattered them. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them up. Others fell on the rock, did not take root in the soil, and did not produce ears. And others fell on thorns; they choked the seed(s) and worms ate them. And others fell on the good soil and it produced good fruit: it bore sixty per measure and a hundred and twenty per measure."
10 Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes."
11 Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. In the days when you consumed what is dead, you made it what is alive. When you come to dwell in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"
12 The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 7-12
Music: “The Recovery” by CJ-0
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas with music by Roze Sound.
Passages: These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
1 And he said, "Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death."
2 Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All."
3 Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty."
4 Jesus said, "The man old in days will not hesitate to ask a small child seven days old about the place of life, and he will live. For many who are first will become last, and they will become one and the same."
5 Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest."
6 His disciples questioned him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How shall we pray? Shall we give alms? What diet shall we observe?" Jesus said, "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." —The Gospel Of Thomas, Sayings 1-6
Music: “Love Frequency” by Roze Sound
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Second Chronicles in The Old Testament and from the writings of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, with music by Matt Wigton.
Passage: “If people will humble themselves, pray, seek Me, and turn away from wickedness, I will hear from heaven, forgive them, and heal their land.” —2 Chronicles 7:14
Perspective: “Prayer is an act of humility, of connection. Reaching out to another and to God. If we stop praying, we sever that connection, give ourselves over to arrogance, and isolate ourselves.” —Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Music: “Interlude” by Matt Wigton
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, with music by Falls.
Passage: “Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternity.” —John 12:25
Perspective: “Only those have reached the ground in themselves and have become aware of the depths of life, who have at one time abandoned everything and have themselves been abandoned by everything, for whom everything has been lost, and who have found themselves alone, (arrive) face-to-face with the infinite.” —Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Music: “Aqueducts” by Falls
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Peggy O’Mara, with music by DeHartmann.
Passage: "It would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with weights tied around your neck than to cause a child to stumble. So watch yourselves." —Luke 17:2
Perspective: "The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice." —Peggy O'Mara
Music: “Duomo” by DeHartmann
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Prentice Mulford, with music by Acreage.
Passage: “My loved ones, carry out your own salvation with awe and trembling.” —Philippians 2:12
Perspective: “In the spiritual life every person is his or her own discoverer, and you need not grieve if your discoveries are not believed in by others. It is your business to push on, find more and increase individual happiness.” —Prentice Mulford
Music: “Sincerity” by Acreage
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with music by EVOE.
Passage: ”You have been set apart unto the Lord your God, who chose you to be a peculiar people among all the creatures of the earth.” —Deuteronomy 14:2
Perspective: “Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson
Music: “Slow Rise” by EVOE
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Terence McKenna, with music by Markus Huber.
Passage: “God above does whatever God pleases. Our idols are material, made by our hands. Idols cannot feel, walk, or speak. Those who trust in them will become like them.” —Psalm 115:3-4
Perspective: “Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.” ―Terence McKenna
Music: “Memories Of Forever” by Markus Huber
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Dwight Thompson, with music by Anthony Catacoli.
Passage: “All things are futile, more than one can describe; the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” —Ecclesiastes 1:8-9
Perspective: “Where we are going, someone else is there and/or has been there. Where we are now is where someone else will be.” —2
Music: “European Sunrise” by Anthony Catacoli
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Albert Einstein, with music by Cody Martin.
Passage: “God sits above the circle of the earth. Its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. God stretches out the heavens like a curtain, spreading them like a tent to dwell in.” —Isaiah 40:22
Perspective: “The human mind, no matter how highly trained, cannot grasp the universe. We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues… That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations.” —Albert Einstein
Music: “Rewritten Destiny” by Cody Martin
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, with music by Lone Canyon.
Passage: “I have upheld you since your birth, and have carried you since you were born. Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you.” —Isaiah 46:3-4
Perspective: “There's an age, Miss Velders, where you meet an enemy you cannot run from. Time. When you reach it, you will experience your body's betrayal from within.” —Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan
Music: “Cassiopeia” by Lone Canyon
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: “Paul and Barnabas had such a sharp disagreement that they decided to part ways. Barnabas went with Mark and sailed for Cyprus. Paul and Silas also left. They were commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.” —Acts 15:39-41
Perspective: “We should be able to make all sorts of graceful concessions on things that do not matter in life and yet stand unshakable on essentials. To do this, we have to be detached from our opinions. I'm not recommending that we be wishy-washy, or lack in our strength convictions, but that we cultivate the forbearance not to force our opinions on others.” —Eknath Easwaran
Music: “Inside The Hidden Forest” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Langston Hughes, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: “In their hearts, people plan their destination, but the Lord directs their steps.” —Proverbs 16:9
Perspective: “I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.” ―Langston Hughes
Music: “In Loving Remembrance” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of John Muir, with music by Moments.
Passage: “Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall wear. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” —Matthew 6:25 and 28
Perspective: “We drifted about on the lake for hours, especially in lily time, getting finest lessons and sermons from the water and flowers, ducks, fishes, and muskrats. In particular we took Christ’s advice and devoutly “considered the lilies” – how they grow up in beauty out of gray lime mud, and ride gloriously among the breezy sun-spangles. This glorious valley might well be called a church, for every lover of the great Creator who comes here would be sure to worship as never before.” —John Muir
Music: “Ethereal Nights” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Madeleine L'Engle, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Passage: “Our gifts and God’s calling are never rescinded.” —Romans 11:29
Perspective: “We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts.” ―Madeleine L'Engle
Music: “Finding You” by The Stolen Orchestra
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Emily D. Edwards, with music by Stephen Keech.
Passage: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed.” —James 5:16
Perspective: “Every individual’s journey is different. No two things work exactly the same. You will make many mistakes. Take ownership that you made the mistake, learn from it, move on, and work to not repeat it.” —Emily D. Edwards
Music: “A Day Without Rain” by Stephen Keech
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Jonathan Sacks, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: "All rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is never full. To whatever place the rivers flow, There they continue to flow again." —Ecclesiastes 1:7
Perspective: “God has given us many faiths but only one world in which to co-exist. May your work help all of us to cherish our commonalities and feel enlarged by our differences.” ―Jonathan Sacks
Music: “Counting Breaths” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Andrew Boyd, with music by Moments.
Passage: “When Job's three friends heard about the troubles that had befallen him, they went to visit him so that they might sit with him in his suffering.” —Job 2:11
Perspective: “When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.” ―Andrew Boyd
Music: “Am I Dreaming” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Roy T. Bennett, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Passage: “One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but blessed is the one who has friends that are as close as family.” —Proverbs 18:4
Perspective: “Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.” ―Roy T. Bennett
Music: “Holier Than” by The Stolen Orchestra.
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hosea in The Old Testament and from the writings of Pema Chödrön, with music by Stephen Keech.
Passage: “Come, let us return unto the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has wounded us but he will bandage us.” —Hosea 6:1
Perspective: "Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy." ―Pema Chödrön
Music: “Fable” by Stephen Keech
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Michael Pollan, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: “They ate together in each other’s homes, happy to share their food with joyful hearts. They were liked by all the people, and the Lord added to their numbers daily.” —Acts 2:46-47
Perspective: “The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.” ―Michael Pollan
Music: “Hallowed Clearing” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of William James, with music by Moments
Passage: Jesus said, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given—and you will receive even more.” —Mark 4:24
Perspective: “Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.” —William James
Music: “Beside The Starless Sea” by Moments
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Viktor Frankl, with music by Lost Ghosts.
Passage: “Why do you point out the speck of sawdust in someone else’s eye and pay no attention to the plank of wood in your own eye?” —Matthew 7:3
Perspective: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way…” “…When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” —Viktor Frankl
Music: “Endless Sleep” by Lost Ghosts
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Harper Lee, with music by EVOE.
Passage: “I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling.” —1 Corinthians 2:3
Perspective: “I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.” ―Harper Lee
Music: “Birdhouse” by EVOE
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of M. Night Shyamalan, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Passage: “Fan into flame the embers of the spirit in you. It is not a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.” —2 Timothy 1:6-7
Perspective: “Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not, at present (and may never) exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me— danger is very real, but fear is a choice.” —M. Night Shyamalan
Music: “Holier Than” by The Stolen Orchestra.
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Malachi in The Old Testament and from the writings of Thomas Merton, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: “Don’t we all come from one Father? Aren’t we all created by the same God? So why can’t we get along? Why do we desecrate this promise that binds us together?” —Malachi 2:10
Perspective: "We are one; we only imagine that we are not.” —Thomas Merton
Music: “Inside The Hidden Forest” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Steven Charleston, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Passage: “Your lives are like messages written on our hearts and available to be read by everyone.” —2 Corinthians 3:2
Perspective: "Here is one way to look at yourself through spiritual eyes: you are a message. When you wonder what existence is all about, when you ask about your purpose in life, or when you feel small in comparison to the troubles of the world: remember that you are a message sent by the Spirit into creation. What you say, what you do, how you think and feel: your whole life is a long and sustained message for others to encounter, experience and receive. You are a living message: sent to touch more lives than you can imagine." —Steven Charleston
Music: “Finding You” by The Stolen Orchestra
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Frank Herbert, with music by Outside The Sky.
Passage: “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” —Colossians 1:15-17
Perspective: “There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace--those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, in the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush or the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort.” —Frank Herbert
Music: “Hidden Forest” by Outside The Sky
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Adam Grant, with music by Stephen Keech.
Passage: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” —Proverbs 3:5
Perspective: “It's a higher compliment to call people thoughtful than smart. Praising intellect celebrates the capacity to reason. Praising thoughtfulness commends the use of that capacity to learn and care. Thoughtfulness is the intersection of deep reflection and broad concern for others.” —Adam Grant
Music: “A Future With No Names” by Stephen Keech
Narrator: Ryan Phipps
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Mahatma Gandhi, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Holly Sprink, with music by Cast Of Characters.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Margaret Mead, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Kahlil Gibran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Socrates, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Lauren Jauregui, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Merton, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of John Rzeznik, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Hobbes, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Khalil Gibran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Tom Waits, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament and from the writings of Cari Welsh, with music by Lost Ghosts.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Samuel in The Old Testament and from the writings of David Hume, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of John Locke, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rene Descartes, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Baruch Spinoza, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Trent Reznor, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Herman Melville, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Mechthild of Magdeburg, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Mae Jemison, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Vernon Howard, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Zechariah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Dorothy Day, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Tao Te Ching and from the writings of Joseph Campbell, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of John Milton, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Traherne, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of T.T. Welth, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Siddhārtha Gautama (The Buddha) with music by Lost Ghosts.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Samiha Totanji, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Lloyd Alexander, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians The New Testament and from the writings of Hellen Keller, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Jonathan Lockwood Huie, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Seneca, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament and from the writings of Zoroaster, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from The Bhagavad Gita, with music by Birds Of Norway.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Shelly Miller, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, with music by DeHartmann.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Mandy Hale, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Robert G. Ingersoll, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Henry David Thoreau, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament and from the writings of Sarah Dessen, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Robert Holden, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Sylvia Plath, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Frank Herbert, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Rowan Williams, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of NK Jemisin, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Jude in The New Testament and from the writings of Alex Zivojinovich, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Oprah Winfrey, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Maya Angelou, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Roy T. Bennett, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Lyman Stone, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of John O'Donohue, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of John O'Donohue, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Madeleine L'Engle, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Madeleine L'Engle, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Seneca, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Seneca, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Jonathan Lockwood Huie, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Jonathan Lockwood Huie, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philemon in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philemon in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of David Brooks, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of David Brooks, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Mickey Downs, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Mickey Downs, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Carl Sagan, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Carl Sagan, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Cory Coberforward, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Cory Coberforward, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri J. Nouwen, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri J. Nouwen, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Mishkat al-Masabih, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Mishkat al-Masabih, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Lamentations in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eberhard Arnold, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Lamentations in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eberhard Arnold, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Lao Tzu, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Lao Tzu, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Nelson Mandela, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Nelson Mandela, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Martha Beck, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Martha Beck, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Isaiah Berlin, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Isaiah Berlin, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Konrad Kay, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Wilson Rawls, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Anne Lamott, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henry Sloane Coffin, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Friedrich Fröbel, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Noam Chomsky, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Sean Daugherty.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of J. Heinrich Arnold, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Anais Nin, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Joseph Smith, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Oscar Wilde, with music by Lost Ghosts.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Falls.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Fernando Pessoa, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Elizabeth Gilbert, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Pema Chödrön, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of J.K. Rowling, with music by Falls.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Philip K. Dick, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Laura Hillenbrand, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of J.I. Packer, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Anne Rice, with music by Sean Daugherty.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Pope Francis, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians In The New Testament and from the writings of Richard Burton, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Lost Ghosts.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Peter in The New Testament and from the writings of James Baldwin, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Shel Silverstein, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Rachel Naomi Remen, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of George Washington, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of John Dear, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Leviticus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Isaac Asimov, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of James Baldwin, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Christian Wiman, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Nicholas Sparks, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Bob Marley, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Shantideva, with music by Fair Frame.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Ted Kaczynski, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Saint Teresa Of Avila, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Mother Teresa, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Amy Julia Becker, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Jeremiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Jessica Goldberg, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Helen Keller, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Euclid, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of John A. Buehrens, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Elton Trueblood, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Sounds Like Sander.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Hugh Nibley, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament and from the writings of William S. Burroughs, with music by Rest & Settle.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Albert Einstein, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Plato, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from The Tale Of The Tea Cup, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Joshua in The Old Testament and from the writings of Sylvia Boorstein, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of H.E. Davey, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Frank Herbert, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eberhard Arnold, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Julia Gregson, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Blaise Pascal, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Thich Nhat Hang, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Merton, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Jefferson, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Jonah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Justin Benson, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Epictetus with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of DH Lawrence with music by Fair Frame.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Octavia E. Butler, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of John Henry Newman, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Mahatma Gandhi, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Saint Augustine, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Naomi Levy, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Isaac Asimov, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Thaddeus Stevens, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Jafar, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Chief Joseph, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Aldous Huxley, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Lao Tzu, with music by Sounds Like Sander.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Claude Lévi-Strauss, with music by Rest & Settle.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Jarred Whitlock, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Prentice Mulford, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Neil deGrasse Tyson, with music by Birds Of Norway.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Phyllis Tickle, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Valery Legasov, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Kurt Vonnegut, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of William Ellery Channing, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Gregory Of Nyssa, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Zechariah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Pope Dionysius, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Jeremiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Steve Jobs, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of The Desert Fathers, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Laura Swan, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Baruch Spinoza, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Graham Greene, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Meister Eckhart, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Richard Rohr, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Harold Kushner, with music by Ian Kelosky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of David Usher, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Merton, with music by Shimmer.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Geddy Lee, with music by Sacred Ground.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Ben Frost, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Emily St. John Mandel, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Thomas Aquinas, with music by Fair Frame.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Revelation in The New Testament and from the writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Stephen King, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Paulo Coelho, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ezekiel in The Old Testament and from the writings of Roy L. Pickering Jr., with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of David Walker, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Lauren Smith, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Quraysh Ali Lansana, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Frances Harper, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of James in The New Testament and from the writings of Israel Morrow, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Brittney Cooper, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Bishop Desmond Tutu, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of George Washington Carver, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Maya Angelou, with music by Sounds Like Sander.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Matshona Dhliwayo, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Joshua in The Old Testament and from the writings of Howard Thurman, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Birds Of Norway.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas in The Apocrypha and from the writings of Kabir, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Max Planck, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Confucius, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Albert Einstein, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of David Foster Wallace, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Paine, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Jürgen Moltmann, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Alice von Hildebrand, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of John O’Donohue, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament and from the writings of Siddhartha Guatama (The Buddha), with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Alice von Hildebrand, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Friedrich Hölderlin, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from the writings of Sigrid Undset with music by Greater Still.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Leo Tolstoy, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Marcus Aurelius, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Peter in The New Testament and from the writings of John Donne, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Jacques Ellul, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Merton, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Frank Herbert, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Annalena Tonelli, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Jeremy Novick, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Carl Jung, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Ram Dass, with music by Cody Martin.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Mary Shelley, with music by Reel Life.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henry James, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Rod Serling, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Alfred Hitchcock, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Shirley Jackson, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of H.P. Lovecraft, with music by Markus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Mahatma Gandhi, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Aldous Huxley, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Thomas Delonge, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Tao Te Ching and from the writings of Rollo May, with music by Greater Still.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Leo Tolstoy, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Exodus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Blaise Pascal, with music by Shimmer.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Grant Borland.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Outside The Sky.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of C.S. Lewis, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Howard Thurman, with music by Sacred Ground.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Bhagavad Gita and from the writings of Walter Isaacson, with music by Elision.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of The Desert Mothers, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament and from the writings of Hermes Trismegistus, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Cormac McCarthy, with music by Fair Frame.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the script of True Detective Season 1, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Jeffrey Bilbro, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Zechariah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Stephanie Bennett, with music by Caleb Etheridge.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First John in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Hermann Hesse, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Philippians in The New Testament and from the writings of Sean Reagan, with music by Holiday On The Moon.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Wild Wonder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Leviticus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Edmund Waldstein, with music by The Stolen Orchestra.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the writings of Pelagius, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Wendell Berry, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Hebrews in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Joan Chittister, with music by Stefano Vita.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Wendell Berry, with music by Reel Life.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Dhammapada and from the writings of David Foster Wallace, with music by Marcus Huber.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Mark Himley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of Max Weber, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of J. Heinrich Arnold, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Leviticus in The Old Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of 1 Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Goitsemang Mvula, with music by Hill.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Matthew Loftus, with music by Kurtis Parks.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Grant Borland.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Elizabeth Goudge, with music by Sacred Ground.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Karl Barth, with music by Gaussian Blur.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Albert Schweitzer, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of 2 Corinthians in The New Testament and from the writings of Martin Buber, with music by EVOE.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Richard Rohr, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament and from the writings of Pope Francis, with music by Fair Frame.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Job in The Old Testament and from the Whitley Strieber, with music by Be Still The Earth.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Albert Einstein, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Caleb Etheridge.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Genesis in The Old Testament and from the writings of Ernest Hemingway, with music by Gold Coast.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke, with music by Acreage.
Today’s meditation comes from The Tao Te Ching and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran, with music by Acreage.
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Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Henri Nouwen, with music by Stephen Keech.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament and from the writings of Lanza del Vasto, with music by Moments.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Sean Reagan, with music by John Seleznev.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke The New Testament, and from the writings of Chuck Palahniuk.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Peter in The New Testament, and from the writings of Simone Weil.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Timothy in The New Testament, and from the writings of Meister Eckhart.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament, and from the writings of David Foster Wallace.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Mary Oliver.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Thessalonians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Ernest Yeboah.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Richard Rohr.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Corinthians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Thomas Merton.
Today’s meditation comes from The Bhagavad Gita, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book of Philippians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Rumi.
Today’s meditation comes from The Revelation of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Mary Harrington.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Thomas Merton.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Henri Nouwen.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament, and from the writings of John Naish.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament, and from the writings of François Fénelon.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament, and from the writings of John Henry Newman.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament, and from the writings of Sadhu Sundar Singh.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of John Wesley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament, with a prayer from Henri Nouwen.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament, and from the writings of Fernando Pessoa.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Deuteronomy in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Aldous Huxley.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Peter in The New Testament, and from the writings of Alfred Hayes.
Today’s meditation comes from The Bhagavad Gita and from the writings of Meister Eckhart.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Theodore Roosevelt.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel of Mark in The New Testament and from the writings of Nathan Beacon, with artwork by Jean-François Millet.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Soren Kierkegaard, with music by John Seleznev.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Oscar Wilde.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Suzy Kassem.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book of Philippians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Tao Te Ching, and from the writings of Terry Pratchett.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ephesians in The New Testament, and from the writings of C.S. Lewis.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Erich Fromm.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Ecclesiastes in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Socrates.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in The New Testament, and from the writings of Cliff Reed.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of Sean Reagan.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Aristotle.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Habakkuk in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Francis William Newman.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Shannon L. Alder.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Xenophanes.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Marcus Borg.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Christian Wiman.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of May Sarton.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Genesis in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Eberhard Arnold.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament, and from the writings of Frederick Buechner.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Colossians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Henri Nouwen.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Letter Of Ephesians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Robert Ingersoll.
Today’s meditation comes from The Epistle Of Philippians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament, and from the writings of Kahlil Gibran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Epistle Of Philippians in The New Testament, and from the writings of Arthur Powell Davies.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Martin Luther King Jr.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of William Hazlitt.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of William Hazlitt.
Today’s meditation comes from The First Epistle Of Corinthians in The New Testament, and from the writings of William Ellery Channing.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Mark in The New Testament, and from the writings of Dag Hammarskjöld.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in The New Testament, and from the writings of Penny Johnson.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Thomas, and from the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Lamentations in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Israel Buffardi.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The First Epistle Of Peter in The New Testament, and from the writings of Stephen Lingwood.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Malachi in The Old Testament, and from the writings of Susan R. Pitchford.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of John in the New Testament, and from the writings of John Shelby Spong.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in the New Testament, and from the writings of Pir Inayat Khan.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in the Old Testament, and from the writings of Albert Schweitzer.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in the New Testament, and from the writings of Soren Kierkegaard.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in the New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from The First Epistle Of Peter in the New Testament, and from the writings of Aldous Huxley.
Today’s meditation comes from The First Epistle Of John in the New Testament, and from the writings of Alex Garland.
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Acts in the New Testament, and from the writings of Karen G. Johnston.
Today’s meditation comes from The First Epistle Of John in the New Testament, and from the writings of Robert M. Price.
Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in the New Testament, and from the writings of Eknath Easwaran.
Today’s meditation comes from the book of First Thessalonians in the New Testament, and from the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke
Today’s meditation comes from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, and from the writings of C.S. Lewis.