Holding Pattern

April 27, 2012 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Been down this road before

Are we there yet?

Beginning a journey is always exciting,
The anticipation…
The planning and preparation…

You’re finally ready, walk out the door and off you go!

 

But you soon discover the journey is long, and sometimes boring. It takes time to get where you’re going – and along the way there are roadblocks and detours, breakdowns and distractions.

 

Sometimes you stop, or take a wrong turn, or turn around and go back. On one road a bridge is out, on another a tree down, still another, a mudslide across the road.

 

It’s always good to have some traveling companions – and you quickly recognize, to your benefit, that some look straight ahead, some enjoy the company and some the view, while others are always checking out the rear view mirror. You watch out for each other, inspire each other, distract each other, misunderstand each other.

Are we there yet? How much longer?
Who knows?

 

Haven’t we been down this road before?  It seems so familiar, like we’re going in circles.  Round and round, circling the runway, but never landing.

 

How do we break away, break out of this wilderness?
How do we turn our dreams into reality?
How many times do we have to learn this lesson?

 

Just over the next hill or around the next curve, we look for a sign, any sign – but there is nothing to see for miles and miles, in all directions. There is no gas, food, water or cell coverage. Just the road… and the journey goes on.

 

Have we wandered into danger? Are there enemies all around? Can’t we go back to ordinary and boring?

 

Do you ever notice how the seasons are just long enough – how we are always ready for the next one, even though they are the same every year. Each life journey has its seasons – the wintertime and the summertime and over and over again.

 

God has much to show and teach us no matter what season our journey is in. Let Omniallinfinitude help empower your Journey.

We are now blogging Journey Five – Faithful and True.

 

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.

A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time.  New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space

Go Here for Journey Four – Large and In Charge 

Go here for Getting Started information


Clear a path, Make some room, Time to go!

February 7, 2012 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Freshman Year is Over

It’s time to take off the training wheels.

So far we’ve just gotten our feet wet – now its time to get in the water up to our knees.

Flicker image credit: Manky M.

We’re leaving the flatlands, moving into the foothills
So the road will get bumpier,
Steeper and longer,
But more adventurous.
And we’re going to get a little more personal.

Our extended stay of rest is over.

As we move into year two of our Omniallinfinitude journey take some time to ponder how far we’ve come;
what we’ve learned,
what we’ve practiced,
what we’ve been able to apply to our lives,
what we’ve experienced along the way.

Are we are ready to incorporate some new things into our journey and leave some of the baggage we’ve been carrying along the way?

Maybe it’s time to stop reading someone else’s book, and start writing our own.

Journey Five – Faithful and True will begin in early May 2012.

 

 

 

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.

A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time.  New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space

Go Here for Journey Four – Large and In Charge 

Go here for Getting Started information


There’s no time like the PRESENT

July 19, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

What are YOU waiting for?

It seems we’re always waiting for something.

For something to start or end,
For things to calm down,
For the times when we will the have time…… to start a new thing.

There’s always something else we need to do first.
Something more important, or demanding, out of our control.

We wait for more time,
more money, better health,
a better job, the water to boil,
the kids to grow up,
for the line to get shorter,
for the sun to come out,
for our trials to be over.

We even sit in rooms set up especially for waiting.
We wait, and wait, and wait…..

 

Well, the wait is finally over.

 

 

It’s time….time for Omniallinfinitude™.

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

We have completed blogging Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space.  Journey Four – Large and In Charge will begin in January, 2012.

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.

A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time. New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Journey Four – Large and In Charge will begin in late 2011.

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space

Go here for Getting Started information

 

Enjoy the Journey.

It’s time.



PAUSING to enjoy the view

June 21, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Refresh and Reflect between Journeys

No matter what kind of journey you are on, along the way you will need to take an off ramp, visit a rest stop, have a picnic, take a picture, visit a friend, take a nap.

We need time to read the map, plan the next phase of our journey, review where we’ve been, enjoy the moment, rest up, catch our breath and get prepared to go again.

Between each of our Omniallinfinitude Journeys we will be taking a couple weeks off of blogging for this very purpose.

However – we are never without suggestions for you as you enjoy this change of pace.

 

Here are some things you can do while you wait for Journey Three  - Beyond Time and Space to begin in late July.

  • Continue to practice Silence, Solitude, Prayer and Fasting
  • Read the Gospel of Mark
  • See a good movie
  • Meet your neighbors
  • Pay attention
  • Walk on the beach
  • Try a new recipe
  • Look at the stars
  • Watch the sunrise
  • Go on a road trip

 

 

 

Join us in late July for Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space.
Until then, enjoy the Pause.

 

Make Omniallinfinitude part of your Journey

April 26, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

GOD

Does it matter what we think?

12 Blog Journeys
Investigating the attributes of God
Implementing the spiritual practices

We are currently blogging Journey Two – The One and Only.

Join our online blog experience and discover for yourself. If you are just beginning with us, please begin with Journey One – Highest Honors. Each Journey has it’s own blog and can be accessed from the Top Menu or from the left side bar. For more information please read Getting Started as well as this blog’s earlier posts below.



A click on the Current Journey graphic on the left will always take you straight to the blog to which we are posting at this time. New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks to completely post. If a Journey is fully posted participants proceed at their leisure. If you submit your email address – you will be notified of each new blog post.

Journey Three – Beyond Time and Space, will begin in mid July, 2011.

 

 

 

Go here for Journey One – Highest Honors

Go here for Journey Two – The One and Only

Go here for Getting Started information

 

Enjoy the Journey.


Pressing the PAUSE Button

April 5, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

Rest, Reflect, Renew, Refresh

No matter what kind of journey you are on, along the way you will need to take an off ramp, visit a rest stop, have a picnic, take a picture, visit a friend, take a nap.

We need time to read the map, plan the next phase of our journey, review where we’ve been, enjoy the moment, rest up, catch our breath and get prepared to go again.

Between each of our Omniallinfinitude Journeys we will be taking a couple weeks off of blogging for this very purpose.

However – we are never without suggestions for you as you enjoy this special time of year.

Here are some things you can do while you wait for Journey Two – The One and Only to begin April 26.

  • Continue to practice Silence and Solitude.
  • Read the Gospels of Luke and John.
  • Attend a Good Friday Remembrance Event of some kind.
  • Attend a Resurrection Sunday Celebration.
  • Go outside.
  • Visit that place in your area where tourists or visitors go, but that you’ve never visited.
  • Go on a picnic
  • Do some good.
  • Call that friend.
  • Plant a garden.

 

Join us April 26 for Journey Two – The One and Only. Until then, enjoy the Pause.

Looking for the Omniallinfinitude Blog Experience? Taking the First Step

February 1, 2011 in Uncategorized with 0 Comments

You’re almost there.

We are now blogging Journey One – Highest Honors.

Click on the Current Journey graphic on the left to go straight to the blog.

New blog posts appear on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Each Journey takes 8 weeks.

Journey Two – The One and Only, will begin in late April, 2011.

Taking the First Step

There’s always so much anticipation
We think about it
Get our supplies
Get new clothes
Put it on our calendars

We can’t wait, we talk about it, create expectations, put our name on the list, and buy our tickets

We know we should make that move, look for a new place to live or that new job
Or go back to school
Get out of a bad relationship or reconcile with a friend
Go to that meeting and get help
Reach out to God
Move on with God

Starting a Journey begins with a single step
Sometimes we get pushed, drafted, or dragged kicking and screaming, even kidnapped

That first step is always the hardest – maybe tomorrow, or next year, or after this or that happens….you know how it goes

And once you take that first step – then it seems it’s always three steps forward and two steps back
But keep moving
Keep your eyes on the prize
Even if sometimes we loose focus and can’t remember what the prize is

And so we bravely begin, we walk through the door, and we wait
We fill out papers, go through security, answer a million questions
We audition, take tests, discover we need more training
It seems we are just bouncing from here to there

We study and practice, we watch…
And then……we finally build some credibility, respect, and authority

Every journey begins with prep work
Like painting a room, or planting a garden
Lots of prep work, mostly prep work

Is it worth it? More than you can imagine……experience shows it will take longer, cost more and not end up being at all what you thought it would be

It’s much better

Get started, take that first step, do the prep work

Enjoy the journey

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