Workers in the Vineyard
Our embedded childhood memories often echo the voices of our parents, or teachers calling on us to perform various tasks. Most of the time, we heard them and did what […]
The Sower and the Seed
In paintings by Vincent van Gogh, it is not unusual to see a farmer sowing seeds with a typical one-arm gesture. Even though it is only a painting, we can […]
A Few Thoughts on Membership and its Relationship to Other Paths
I am sometimes asked what it means to be a member of The Christian Community. It means that an individual has taken part in the sacramental life of the congregation […]
The Social Form Implied in the Lord’s Prayer
One of the first things to be noticed in contemplating the Lord’s Prayer is that it immediately extends beyond the personal needs of an individual supplicant. Rephrasing it into a […]
Our Father, Who Art in the Heavens
To whom am I speaking when I say, “Our father, who art in the heavens”? Many of us will have spoken these words often without spending much thought on whom […]
Point, Circle, and the Lord’s Prayer
The exercise given in the Curative Course by Rudolf Steiner based on the point and the circle emphasizes the process of transforming the two into each other: the point becomes […]
2nd Michaelmas: Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, 6:10-19 New Translation
What it comes to in the end is this: grasp the power which streams to you in the experience of Christ in the soul and in the powerful regency of […]