Meditations For The Metro

Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Luke in The New Testament and from the writings of Joey Curtis, with music by Moments.

Passage: What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops. —Luke 12:3

Perspective: Life shapes us whether we like it or not. It's the choices we make in the dark when we're all alone in our secret place that shape the world around us. ―Joey Curtis 

Music: “Hear Me Now” by Moments

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Kings in The Old Testament and from the writings of Rumi, with music by Work Brunch.

Passage: The Lord was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. And out of the silence the voice of God spoke. —1 Kings 19:11-13

Perspective: Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” ―Rumi 

Music: “Thought Pool” by Work Brunch

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Gospel Of Matthew in The New Testament and from the writings of Vincent van Gogh, with music by Cast of Characters.

Passage: Everyone who keeps asking will receive. Everyone who keeps searching will find. And everyone who keeps knocking will have the door opened. —Matthew 7:8

Perspective: If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. —Vincent van Gogh

Music: “In Search Of Discovery” by Cast of Characters

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Isaiah in The Old Testament and from the writings of Saint Jerome, with music by Moments.

Passage: Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. —Isaiah 1:17

Perspective: Someone may ask, “How is justice greater than all the other virtues?” The other virtues gratify the one who possesses them; justice does not give pleasure to the one possessing it, but instead pleases others. —Saint Jerome

Music: “Within Yourself” by Moments

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of Carl Sagan, with music by Sean Daugherty.

Passage: When I look up at the heavens, the moon and the stars that you set in place, what are human beings that you think about them and care for them? You’ve made them only a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and honor. —Psalm 8:3-5

Perspective: The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena… The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there... —Carl Sagan

Music: “Empty Space” by Sean Daugherty

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Psalms in The Old Testament and from the writings of E.F. Schumacher, with music by Wild Wonder.

Passage: The entrance of thy words giveth light; and understanding unto the simple. —Psalm 119:130

Perspective: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ―E.F. Schumacher 

Music: “Childlike” by Wild Wonder

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Second Timothy in The New Testament and from the writings of John Green, with music by Craig Allen Fravel.

Passage: God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. —2 Timothy 1:7

Perspective: There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't. ―John Green

Music: “Lucid Dreams” by Craig Allen Fravel

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Romans in The New Testament and from the writings of Suzy Kassem, with music by Cristina Scannicchio.

Passage: I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. —Romans 7:15

Perspective: Everybody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in them. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is part of a connected cosmic system. Part earth and sea, wind and fire, with some salt and dust swimming in them. We have a universe within ourselves that mimics the universe outside. None of us are just black or white, or never wrong and always right. No one. No one exists without polarities. Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them. ―Suzy Kassem

Music: “In The Misty Valley” by Cristina Scannicchio

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Habakkuk in The Old Testament and from the writings of Nayyirah Waheed, with music by Outside The Sky.

Passage: The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. —Habakkuk 2:14

Perspective: If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both salt water mixed with air. —Nayyirah Waheed

Music: “Resonance” by Outside The Sky

Narrator: Ryan Phipps

Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of Proverbs in The Old Testament and from the writings of Byron, with music by Acreage.

Passage: A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. —Proverbs 17:22

Perspective: Always laugh when you can, it is cheap medicine. ―Byron

Music: “Motions” by Acreage

Narrator: Ryan Phipps