August 30: Wisdom from the Beatles

Reasoning by Pastor Sherry Petro-Surdel

Wisdom and truth can come from the simple, the children, nature, and music. Many of us lived in the era of the Vietnam War, the peace movement and the Beatles. Make love not war was the peace cry to end the battle cries. For decades the Beatles music has taught us the wisdom of the ages.

Wisdom from the Beatles

August 23: Wisdom of the Labyrinth

Reasoning by Pastor Sherry Petro-Surdel

The labyrinth is a unicursal creation, its single pathway leads the journeyer into the center and out. The walk to the center with all its twists and turns is a journey into the sacred place of our center. Walking the labyrinth is to dance a waltz in which your own heart is in unison with the Devine.

Wisdom of the Labyrinth 
   - Part A
   - Part B

August 16: Wisdom of The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

Reasoning by Pastor Sherry Petro-Surdel

C.S. Lewis, the author of The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity as well as numerous other literary works writes a dream in which he boards an omnibus that takes him to possibilities of heaven and hell.

Wisdom of The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

August 9: Life is a Bowl of Cherries

Reasoning by Pastor Sherry Petro-Surdel

Do you remember that saying, “Life is a Bowl of Cherries”? This is cherry season and as I bit into a juicy cherry, my mind wandered to that saying. Come let the wisdom of the cherries teach you about your journey called Life.

Life is a Bowl of Cherries

August 2: A Spirituality Named Compassion

Reasoning by Pastor Sherry Petro-Surdel

Wisdom form Dominican priest, Matt Fox, on how to put Humpty Dumpty and ourselves back together again. It can only be accomplished through the spirituality of compassion. Compassion is not a religion, but a way of life. It is the way to healing and wholeness. Jesus taught compassion, Buddha taught compassion. You may call God love; you may call God good, but the best name for God is Compassion.

A Spirituality Named Compassion