Michael Rose
@michael-rose.bsky.social
Our best images of God are still only pointers. Hold them lightly —and please, don’t be a dick about them. mrose.substack.com/p...
#HumilityInFaith #GodImages #SpiritualDirection
#HumilityInFaith #GodImages #SpiritualDirection
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Our best images of God are still only pointers. Hold them lightly —and please, don’t be a dick about them. mrose.substack.com/p...
#HumilityInFaith #GodImages #SpiritualDirection
#HumilityInFaith #GodImages #SpiritualDirection
"O Radiant Love,
hidden Flame at the heart of matter,
Pulse of stars and cells and trembling atoms -
whisper in the quiet between my thoughts
and shape the waves beneath the waves
where consciousness opens into wonder."
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hidden Flame at the heart of matter,
Pulse of stars and cells and trembling atoms -
whisper in the quiet between my thoughts
and shape the waves beneath the waves
where consciousness opens into wonder."
open.substack.com/pub/mrose/p/...
The Communion of Becoming
A Teilhardian Inspired Prayer of Consent to Love’s Ongoing Evolution
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October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"O Radiant Love,
hidden Flame at the heart of matter,
Pulse of stars and cells and trembling atoms -
whisper in the quiet between my thoughts
and shape the waves beneath the waves
where consciousness opens into wonder."
open.substack.com/pub/mrose/p/...
hidden Flame at the heart of matter,
Pulse of stars and cells and trembling atoms -
whisper in the quiet between my thoughts
and shape the waves beneath the waves
where consciousness opens into wonder."
open.substack.com/pub/mrose/p/...
Because #love and #life hide in the dust, sweat, chaos, and sheep poop, along with the unexpected joy of ordinary #work.
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October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Because #love and #life hide in the dust, sweat, chaos, and sheep poop, along with the unexpected joy of ordinary #work.
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For your Reflection: "There once was a vine that grew along a stone wall at the entry to a village. It wasn’t much to look at, thin and weathered, ravaged by too many dry prairie winters. Its leaves battered by too many hot, dry west winds..."
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#SpiritualGrowth #hope #faith
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#SpiritualGrowth #hope #faith
Roots Remember What Branches Forget - by Michael Rose
A story for the days you’re not sure you believe.
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August 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For your Reflection: "There once was a vine that grew along a stone wall at the entry to a village. It wasn’t much to look at, thin and weathered, ravaged by too many dry prairie winters. Its leaves battered by too many hot, dry west winds..."
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#SpiritualGrowth #hope #faith
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#SpiritualGrowth #hope #faith
Grass isn't always greener on the other side or at another time in history. #ancientinsightsfortoday #SpiritualJourney
August 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Grass isn't always greener on the other side or at another time in history. #ancientinsightsfortoday #SpiritualJourney
This is the 3rd and final post in this brief series. Somewhere in that messy, wild borderland — the ecotone where belief and uncertainty meet — I offer a short parable.
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#Parables #FaithAndDoubt #SpiritualWisdom
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#Parables #FaithAndDoubt #SpiritualWisdom
Roots Remember What Branches Forget - by Michael Rose
A story for the days you’re not sure you believe.
mrose.substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is the 3rd and final post in this brief series. Somewhere in that messy, wild borderland — the ecotone where belief and uncertainty meet — I offer a short parable.
mrose.substack.com/p...
#Parables #FaithAndDoubt #SpiritualWisdom
mrose.substack.com/p...
#Parables #FaithAndDoubt #SpiritualWisdom
On my Substack: "Love is a choice. Each morning, I need to choose it again — choose love when I’m anxious, when I’m furious, when I feel completely lost. Love is grace, yes, but it’s also a practice, a habit, a muscle that only gets stronger with use." Read: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualJourney
#SpiritualJourney
August 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On my Substack: "Love is a choice. Each morning, I need to choose it again — choose love when I’m anxious, when I’m furious, when I feel completely lost. Love is grace, yes, but it’s also a practice, a habit, a muscle that only gets stronger with use." Read: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualJourney
#SpiritualJourney
Love is a choice. Each morning, I need to choose it again — choose love when I’m anxious, when I’m furious, when I feel completely lost. Love is grace, yes, but it’s also a practice, a habit, a muscle that only gets stronger with use. Read: mrose.substack.com/p...
#ChooseLove
#ChooseLove
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Love is a choice. Each morning, I need to choose it again — choose love when I’m anxious, when I’m furious, when I feel completely lost. Love is grace, yes, but it’s also a practice, a habit, a muscle that only gets stronger with use. Read: mrose.substack.com/p...
#ChooseLove
#ChooseLove
I need your help!
I’m publishing a book this fall and would love it if you would share with me which of the four book covers you like most? Please leave your vote (1,2,3 or 4) in the Comment Section. #FallReads #IndieAuthor #Spiritualbooks #TeilharddeChardin #ORT
I’m publishing a book this fall and would love it if you would share with me which of the four book covers you like most? Please leave your vote (1,2,3 or 4) in the Comment Section. #FallReads #IndieAuthor #Spiritualbooks #TeilharddeChardin #ORT
August 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I need your help!
I’m publishing a book this fall and would love it if you would share with me which of the four book covers you like most? Please leave your vote (1,2,3 or 4) in the Comment Section. #FallReads #IndieAuthor #Spiritualbooks #TeilharddeChardin #ORT
I’m publishing a book this fall and would love it if you would share with me which of the four book covers you like most? Please leave your vote (1,2,3 or 4) in the Comment Section. #FallReads #IndieAuthor #Spiritualbooks #TeilharddeChardin #ORT
The big idea in my latest Substack;
"Love does not win
by crushing enemies
or by pitchfork and torches
but by giving itself,
come what way may
and rising
and rising
and rising still."
If you like, read it here: mrose.substack.com/p...
#LovePrevails #LoveWins #SpiritualDirection #EmpathyInAction
"Love does not win
by crushing enemies
or by pitchfork and torches
but by giving itself,
come what way may
and rising
and rising
and rising still."
If you like, read it here: mrose.substack.com/p...
#LovePrevails #LoveWins #SpiritualDirection #EmpathyInAction
August 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The big idea in my latest Substack;
"Love does not win
by crushing enemies
or by pitchfork and torches
but by giving itself,
come what way may
and rising
and rising
and rising still."
If you like, read it here: mrose.substack.com/p...
#LovePrevails #LoveWins #SpiritualDirection #EmpathyInAction
"Love does not win
by crushing enemies
or by pitchfork and torches
but by giving itself,
come what way may
and rising
and rising
and rising still."
If you like, read it here: mrose.substack.com/p...
#LovePrevails #LoveWins #SpiritualDirection #EmpathyInAction
I offer some wordplay on tenacious self-giving love with my new Substack post:
" Love comes back,
not with armies
but with bandages,
bread,
and broken hearts
that beat anyway. "
Read it: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualDirection #SelfGiving #SelfGivingLove
" Love comes back,
not with armies
but with bandages,
bread,
and broken hearts
that beat anyway. "
Read it: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualDirection #SelfGiving #SelfGivingLove
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I offer some wordplay on tenacious self-giving love with my new Substack post:
" Love comes back,
not with armies
but with bandages,
bread,
and broken hearts
that beat anyway. "
Read it: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualDirection #SelfGiving #SelfGivingLove
" Love comes back,
not with armies
but with bandages,
bread,
and broken hearts
that beat anyway. "
Read it: mrose.substack.com/p...
#SpiritualDirection #SelfGiving #SelfGivingLove
Excellent analysis of Xian Nationalism and a thoughtful way forward www.openhorizons.org/when-your-ne...
When Your Neighbor is a Christian Nationalist: A Process-Relational Approach
Sources and Approach Shortly I will tell you a little about two neighbors of mine: Greg and Alice. Greg is a Christian nationalist and Alice is a United Methodist. Greg lives two doors to my right...
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August 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excellent analysis of Xian Nationalism and a thoughtful way forward www.openhorizons.org/when-your-ne...
To love God is to love what God loves - the planet, the flowers, trees and animals ... and human beings. We are entangled with God and therefore entangled in all things.
#EntangledInAllThings #SacredRelationships #SacredNature
#EntangledInAllThings #SacredRelationships #SacredNature
August 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To love God is to love what God loves - the planet, the flowers, trees and animals ... and human beings. We are entangled with God and therefore entangled in all things.
#EntangledInAllThings #SacredRelationships #SacredNature
#EntangledInAllThings #SacredRelationships #SacredNature
Your heart isn’t a monster. It’s a compass. Sure, it needs tuning now and then — but it still points toward Love. 🧭 #RethinkJeremiah #BecomingLove
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August 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Your heart isn’t a monster. It’s a compass. Sure, it needs tuning now and then — but it still points toward Love. 🧭 #RethinkJeremiah #BecomingLove
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God is love. Love is relational. Freedom is key for love. Love doesn't control.
#EmbraceTheLove #FreedomInLove #LoveWithoutControl
#EmbraceTheLove #FreedomInLove #LoveWithoutControl
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
God is love. Love is relational. Freedom is key for love. Love doesn't control.
#EmbraceTheLove #FreedomInLove #LoveWithoutControl
#EmbraceTheLove #FreedomInLove #LoveWithoutControl
God is Amipotent not omnipotent. God's superpower is love.
#GodIsAmipotent #LoveIsStronger #TransformationalLove
#GodIsAmipotent #LoveIsStronger #TransformationalLove
August 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
God is Amipotent not omnipotent. God's superpower is love.
#GodIsAmipotent #LoveIsStronger #TransformationalLove
#GodIsAmipotent #LoveIsStronger #TransformationalLove
August 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
God is love, Love is relational. Love is dynamic - The faithfulness of God's love is rooted in love's nature to change, to grow ... #Onesizedoesntfitall
#GodIsLove #amipotence
#GodIsLove #amipotence
August 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
God is love, Love is relational. Love is dynamic - The faithfulness of God's love is rooted in love's nature to change, to grow ... #Onesizedoesntfitall
#GodIsLove #amipotence
#GodIsLove #amipotence
Everything is Love ... Love expressed or Love required.
#Godislove #traumainformed #exvangelical #findinghome
#Godislove #traumainformed #exvangelical #findinghome
July 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Everything is Love ... Love expressed or Love required.
#Godislove #traumainformed #exvangelical #findinghome
#Godislove #traumainformed #exvangelical #findinghome
Take a 1-minute break - a covert, mini meditation to reset, re-ground and refresh. (Don't forget to breathe). #Mindfulness #Meditation #SelfCare
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Take a 1-minute break - a covert, mini meditation to reset, re-ground and refresh. (Don't forget to breathe). #Mindfulness #Meditation #SelfCare
"And even in a heart gone dark, there remains a flicker — a bridgehead of good."
Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#HopeInDarkness #EmotionalHealing #InnerLight
Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#HopeInDarkness #EmotionalHealing #InnerLight
July 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"And even in a heart gone dark, there remains a flicker — a bridgehead of good."
Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#HopeInDarkness #EmotionalHealing #InnerLight
Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#HopeInDarkness #EmotionalHealing #InnerLight
A few thoughts about loving the folks that are hard to love and avoiding the viciousness of ideological purity that masquerades as justice ... but probably isn't. Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#LoveAndCompassion #HealingHearts #HealingRelationships
#LoveAndCompassion #HealingHearts #HealingRelationships
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A few thoughts about loving the folks that are hard to love and avoiding the viciousness of ideological purity that masquerades as justice ... but probably isn't. Read it here: open.substack.com/pu...
#LoveAndCompassion #HealingHearts #HealingRelationships
#LoveAndCompassion #HealingHearts #HealingRelationships
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Grief is hard. Grief has a 1000 different faces and is as unique as you are.
#GriefJourney #GriefSupport #healmyheart #religiousdeconstruction
#GriefJourney #GriefSupport #healmyheart #religiousdeconstruction
July 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grief is hard. Grief has a 1000 different faces and is as unique as you are.
#GriefJourney #GriefSupport #healmyheart #religiousdeconstruction
#GriefJourney #GriefSupport #healmyheart #religiousdeconstruction
One Minute Meditation. I am my beloved's ...
#SpiritualDirection #OneMinuteMeditation #GodisLove #Entangled #Godineverything
#SpiritualDirection #OneMinuteMeditation #GodisLove #Entangled #Godineverything
July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One Minute Meditation. I am my beloved's ...
#SpiritualDirection #OneMinuteMeditation #GodisLove #Entangled #Godineverything
#SpiritualDirection #OneMinuteMeditation #GodisLove #Entangled #Godineverything