Rodeen Williams

“This assumption of separation between Jesus and us is, in my opinion, one of the fundamental failures of Western Christianity. The blind spot of separation begets and perpetuates a multitude of ‘us-them’ divisions, including and especially religious divisions, that are…

The blood The blood of Jesus was not shed to persuade the Father to love you, but because the Father already loved you so much He sent His only Son as the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world. If you have seen Jesus you have seen the Father. Jesus only did what He…

Jesus stood in public and said two words that continue to resonate in our hearts when He taught us to pray, "OUR Father." HIS Good Father is OUR Good Father. How this challenges our religious exclusions! The gift of faith recognizes that you are already seated at the Family…

The spirits of religion and politics promote a narrative that divides in order to control. Holy Spirit guides us to the truth that unites to set us free. See John 8:36, 14,6, 17:21.

We have not been commissioned with the ministry of condemnation or speculation but rather reconciliation, the firm ground of the Gospel. See 2 Cor. 5:14-6:2…

THE SOURCE OF FAITH Every admonition for us to have faith finds its source and realization in the gift of the faith OF the Son of God. "20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by…

All of God and all of Mankind met in the incarnation of Jesus Christ the person who is both 100% God & 100% Man. He is the Mercy Seat. He is the mobile Tabernacle made of skin. He is the Holy of Holies who rent the veil top to bottom, inside out, once for all. He is the Glory of…

Nothing can separate us from His love. Our feelings of separation change neither His location nor His heart. He loved us first. He gave us understanding. He is the truth. We are in Him who is true. Confess Union. Meditate on Rom 8:38, 1 John 4:18-19, John 14:6-20, 1 John 5:20.

“The first and most essential means of making peace with those who offend and persecute us is to pray for them, according to the commandment of Christ.” —Saint Leo of Optina, via Vespers to Matins

Jesus is our union with God which we celebrate with communion. Communion is not just one of the several religious incantations we do to get something from God not already ours in Christ. Communion is the mystical reality of our union with the incarnation of Jesus, celebrating…

God looks like Jesus... "Now Christ is the visible expression of the invisible God. He existed before creation began, for it was through him that every thing was made, whether spiritual or material, seen or unseen.” —Col. 1:15-16, Phillips

All creation began in the delight of God. We were made by joy for joy. “I [Wisdom] was beside him as a master of crafts. I was having fun, smiling before him all the time, frolicking with his inhabited earth and delighting in the human race.” —Proverbs 8:30–31, CEB

"Love has in it no element of fear; but perfect love drives away fear, because fear involves pain, and if a man gives way to fear, there is something imperfect in his love." —1 John 4:18, Weymouth “Love contains no fear—indeed fully-developed love expels every particle of fear,…

"For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him... Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there…

VALUE PEACE "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." —Colossians 3:15, KJV

Religious myth buster #32 Sin is not a legal infraction to be punished but a sickness that needed healing by the Great Physician. We did not need retribution; we needed a whole new operating system. “What is to be found here is a place of healing, not a court of law – not calling…

“Through Jesus, the Father freely reaches out in love to bring us home to himself as our Father. And the Father was always in himself what he is towards us in the Jesus story.” —T.F. Torrance See John 14:9

Lean into the unique peace of the person of Jesus… “I have told you all this so that you may find your peace in me. You will find trouble in the world—but, never lose heart, I have conquered the world!” —John 16:33, Phillips “I have spoken these things to you that in me you…

The love of God is why we exist. The love of God is not the “soft side” of a biolar nature. God has a single nature—love. The love of God is not the weakness of the Gospel. The love of God is the headline and strength of the Gospel. Love does not partner with fear. His perfect…

Religion has rewards for each gram of weight teachers add to the easy yoke and light burden of Jesus. Adding anything flies off the book table, but simple rest is hard to give away. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,…