Establishing Forgiveness as a Habit This Weeks Video Applying forgiveness to any situation that requires it, can be quite challenging. So, is it possible to have a consciousness of forgiveness that naturally, and easily flows when the circumstances demand it? Can conscious forgiveness become a habit? To form a habit, we have to regularly repeat in action, and/or thought, the thing we want to be habitual. To do that we first have to be motivated to want to do that. The regular

Turn the Other Cheek This Weeks Video The very first of the situations proposed in the Sermon on the Mount for not resisting evil was “…whosoever will smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (1) The obvious conclusion is that when you turn the other cheek you are prepared to be struck a second time. That action almost seems to perpetuate violence. Obviously, these is a difference when the motive for turning the cheek is insolent in nature, or true humilit

Bless Those Who Curse You This Weeks Video …and do good to them that hate you! This is the loving approach to life that was taught in the Sermon on the Mount, not an approach that endorsed crusades, the inquisitions, or the genocide of heretics. The patron saint of Lucca, in Italy, is Saint Zita. The story goes that at the age of twelve, Zita became a servant to the Fatinelli, a noble family of Lucca. In spite of many years of serious abuse by her ‘noble’ employers, as well a

If peace is your priority, then forgiveness will be your only function. This Weeks Video I know this may seem too simple, but the key to forgiveness is to fully understand that all human motive for how one thinks, behaves, and emotes is either driven by the desire to extend love, or is a call for help. That’s it! Just two core motives. When perceived from that context, there are only two responses to these two motives; gratitude for the love extended, or compassion for the su

Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted For Righteousness Sake As far back as Saint Augustine it was said that this Beatitude was an add-on....

Blessed Are The Peacemakers The origin of the word peacemaker meant ‘to bring about reconciliation’. In a broader context, reconciliation...

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart The state of the heart was a fundamental focus of early religions. This was evidenced in the placement of...

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger And Thirst After Righteousness The fourth Beatitude says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after...

Blessed Are The Meek When people hear the word meekness, they immediately think of weakness. Given the origin of the word, it’s easy to...

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Mourning is the external manifestation of grief, which is the primary experience that accompanies most forms...

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit The first Beatitude found in the Sermon on the Mount reads, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is...

The Underpinning Philosophy of EAP Just over 2000 years ago, a new theology emerged, which could best be described as a theology of love...