Transformed By Christ Ministries

05/29/2026

“We need our hearts to be made incandescent by the Spirit’s fire. We need the living water and new wine Jesus promised, so our hearts can become the home of dovelike peace….
When we open up space for the Spirit and let the Spirit fill that space within us, we begin to change, and we become agents of change…. So let us open our hearts. Let us dare believe that the Spirit that we read about in the Scriptures can move among us today, empowering us in our times so we can become agents in a global spiritual movement of justice, peace, and joy.” Brian McLaren

05/23/2026

Why I Meditate
Spiritual director Therese DesCamp reflects on her commitment to a contemplative practice:
I don’t meditate to improve my mental acuity. I don’t meditate to slow down the effects of aging. I don’t meditate to lower my blood pressure, reduce my stress, or improve my frame of mind. I don’t meditate to be a better Christian. Sure, all those things can be byproducts of my meditation practice. But that’s all they are, byproducts….
I meditate because I am, in a sense, blind without it. Without the surrender inherent in my practice, I lose my deepest vision, my insight. I lose the ability to see myself and the world with compassion, the forgiveness, and humility of God.
Here are some other thoughts about my practice: I do not meditate to have insights or mystical experiences. My practice is not measured by how I feel or what I experience when I sit in place for a twenty-minute session. The true test of my practice is my behavior the other twenty-three-plus hours of the day.
A practice is just that: a practice. By definition, a practice gets me ready to do something else. One person practices scales on the piano so she can play a concerto beautifully. Another practices French so that he can converse easily. I practice Centering Prayer so that when life is coming apart at the seams, I remember how to stand steady. I practice Centering Prayer so that I can learn how to stand aside and let God work in and through me.…
Meditation practice can turn me into a sponge. The true nature of a sponge is that it gathers up water and it releases water. It does not hold onto, own, or create water…. In meditation, I am filled with the grace of God, the flowing waters of life. (If I am lucky, I will actually experience this in some way. But whether I consciously experience that grace or not, it is always true that I am filled with it.) Hence, the only goal I can truly name for my meditation practice is this: to let myself be filled, over and over, so that I can act as a streaming, saturated sponge, leaking Love in a dry and dusty world.

05/22/2026

05/16/2026

Learning to be more present is an art and takes practice—in fact, that’s what spiritual practices are about. They help us cultivate awareness so that we can become more present to our lives and the miracles that are unfolding around us at every moment. (Understanding the Enneagram, 363)

05/08/2026

“God is speaking just one thing. Only one thing is happening: The infinite love of God, in an ongoing self-donating act, is pouring itself out, emptying itself, and giving itself away in and as the intimate immediacy of the gift and the miracle of our very presence, the presence of others in all things, and our nothingness without this infinite love. Love is our origin, love is our ground, love is our sustaining reality, and love is our destiny. Love and love alone is the substance of reality. Everything else is smoke and mirrors, really. “[2] James Finley
Photo by Rose Braun

05/06/2026

Image Based Journaling is this coming Saturday, May 9, at Community House 2701 Dogwood Dr. Edmond, Ok 73013.
The theme will be "Spring...a season for nurturing". What seeds of new life have you planted this spring? How can you nurture them? Join us and bring a friend.
Janet McEwin

05/01/2026

A truth we have experienced in community at TBC.❤️

Be a bringer of the Light. For your light can do more than illuminate your own path, your light can be the light which truly lights the world.

04/27/2026

This is from Brennan Mannings daily devotion.

04/25/2026

“And as long as we're identified with our ego pattern, which is inevitable, we all go through that. It kind of almost needs to happen, but the cost is huge and it remains in our heart as a core of our suffering that drives most of our compulsive behaviors. But when you stop, when you refrain, when you hold in the moment both the wish to be real and seeing also what we give ourselves up to and grace comes in and starts to heal the suffering that we've been in.”

From Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward: Enneagram Essentials with Russ Hudson, Apr 10, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-belongs-living-the-teachings-of-richard/id1712405147?i=1000760636266&r=4366
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Podcast Episode · Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward · S4 E2 · 1h 40m