Robert Kenneth Jones Weekly Journal
Bob Jones is an innovator in the treatment of addiction and childhood abuse. His writing is an invitation to walk in gratitude. We hope you will join us each Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoon.
Rejoice, Rejoice; The Season of Light is Beckoning
“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.” ~ John Calvin This Sunday in Advent asks for us to rejoice in the season. We can see the changes wherever we go during Christmastime. Colored and white twinkle...
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Embracing Faith; The Mystical, Magical Flight of Christmas
“I love the recklessness of faith. First you leap, and then you grow wings.” ~ William Sloane Coffin One of the magical messages of Christmas which we are asked to explore during Advent is that faith, like love, is here regardless of our willingness to recognize...
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Have Some Faith; A Message of the Christmas Season
“Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can't always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.” ~ Lauren Kate Our senses are bombarded with...
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The Good Word; our power to surprise and delight
We all have the opportunity to bring good tidings and spread them wherever we go to whomever we meet.
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The Wonder of Hope
“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.” ~ Tertullian This wonderful season presents itself just at the time of the year when daylight is quickly diminishing. We begin bringing out the candles. I am reminded of the Jewish prayer of Hanukkah which begins, “We light...
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Advent and the Gift of Waiting
“At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern.” ~ Mother Teresa Advent begins next Sunday. The Hallmark Channel is providing continuous Christmas movies,...
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All Stirred Up
“You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievably simple. If you want them to smile, smile first. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them...
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Thanksgiving Day and Lost Sheep
“Life has its problems and with these we must cope. Trust in God, have blind faith and never give up hope.”~ Cortez McDaniel As Thanksgiving nears, I am thinking of Cortez McDaniel, a resident of Christ House in Washington, DC. He is a poet, is chronically ill, and a...
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With Gold Dust at My Feet
“Grab your coat, and get your hat, leave your worry on the doorstep. Just direct your feet, to the sunny side of the street.” ~ Dorothy Fields The lyrics from ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’ were composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields in 1930 as the...
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The Activism of Love
“It’s a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.” ~ Corita Kent Corita Kent, once a nun called Sister Mary Corita, worked to bring religious and secular...
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The War to End All Wars
There were 4.7 million Americans who served in the Great War. Finally, a national memorial is underway in Washington, DC to honor their sacrifice. It is still under construction with the General of the Armies, John J. Pershing Memorial at Pershing Park (14th and...
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Finding the Middle Way
“I swear I will not dishonor my soul with hatred, but offer myself humbly as a guardian of nature, as a healer of misery, as a messenger of wonder, as an architect of peace.” ~ Diane Ackerman Diane Ackerman offers some healing words to consider on this day after...
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Honor Your Legacy
“We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (3rd U. S. President) This is a participatory democracy. And participation in the election process is our legacy. Voting has been a big deal in my...
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An Inconvenient Truth
“The call to the margins, led by those we find there, is exhilarating and life-giving and renews our nobility and purpose. For this, we all long. The time is now, as never before, to put terror and defense to one side and find our human connections on the margins.” ~...
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A Time to Kneel
“A desire to kneel down sometimes pulses through my body, or rather it is as if my body has been meant and made for the act of kneeling. Sometimes, in moments of deep gratitude, kneeling down becomes an overwhelming urge, head deeply bowed, my hands before my face.”...
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A Recipe for Living
“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” ~ John Quincy Adams (Sixth U.S. President) Life is unpredictable. Just when things seem to be going our way the rug gets pulled out from underneath...
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Make the World Come Alive
“There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful.” ~ Howard Thurman Howard Thurman was the grandson of a plantation slave in Madison County, Florida. Profoundly...
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Sage Wisdom
“Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”~ William Wordsworth The wounds and pain that we suffer are the very experiences that provide us with information to navigate as we progress along the winding path of life. It has been said that the bamboo...
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