Transformed By Christ Ministries

10/30/2025

“In Jesus’ framing, being salt and light is a big deal. They are being words that involve doing, ‘being’ things, that are by their very nature catalytic and transformative.”
—BRIAN MCLAREN

10/23/2025

6 p.m.

10/22/2025

Russ Hudson: “Practically speaking, the Enneagram, at its best, tells us helpful ways of directing our attention, or I might say, redirecting our attention. It talks about three fundamental forms of intelligence that all human beings have, which are usually used to keep our ego story and self-concepts running. But when we are present with these intelligences, it really helps us deepen our contemplative practice.”

At Closer Than Breath, we believe the Enneagram is more than a personality map, it’s a path of presence and transformation. Few voices have shaped this understanding more deeply than Russ Hudson, one of the foremost Enneagram teachers of our time. In this two-part conversation, Russ shares how con...

10/21/2025

10/17/2025

From our friend Stephanie Kirby❤️

10/16/2025

A deep authentic message from The Happy Givers. To serve and give from a transformed heart rather than moral “duty” is a beautiful experience and an amazing witness.

Discover practical ways to embody our “Daily Meditations” theme of Being Salt and Light with this video, featuring Carlos Rodríguez, who is the visionary lea...

10/11/2025

Image Based Journaling will be meeting today, October 11 at 2:00 at Community House (2701 Dogwood Dr. Edmond 73013). In keeping with our Fall themes, the theme will be "Detachment and Letting go". Please bring any fall pictures if you have some to share. Our boxes are getting a little low.
Hope to see you there!
Blessings
Janet McEwin

10/08/2025

Image Based Journaling will be meeting this Saturday, October 11 at 2:00 at Community House (2701 Dogwood Dr. Edmond 73013). In keeping with our Fall themes, the theme will be "Detachment and Letting go". Please bring any fall pictures if you have some to share. Our boxes are getting a little low.
Hope to see you there!
Blessings
Janet McEwin

10/04/2025

Putting Your Heart in Your Feet

I always want people to feel and realize that Francis isn’t this saint on a pedestal somewhere … who did what no one else can possibly do. There are ways in which he experienced God … and reached out to others that are absolutely replicable.
—Jon Sweeney, Everything Belongs (podcast)
Pausing his historical overview of the life and times of Francis of Assisi, author Jon Sweeney engages students in an imaginative practice to help them embody Francis’ example:
“OK, enough history and background. Let’s try this instead. Look, for a moment, at your hands,” I said….
“Keep your eyes there,” I continued. “In fact, take your time now. Look at your fingertips. Your palms. Picture in your mind what they have recently touched or carried. What did they hold—perhaps this morning before you arrived here? What have they recently given away?... Those hands of yours can be used to hurt, or they can be used to heal and help,” I went on. “What do you use your hands for? Are you gentle with them? Did anyone teach you to be gentle with your hands?...
“Consider your own mouth. What does it most often do? Does it laugh? Kiss? Is it honest? Do you use your mouth to speak in ways that are kind? Maybe not always? I think it is possible to throw words at people the way that we throw things, being careless or causing damage. We should be kind with our mouths.”
Now they were listening carefully, which surprised me.
“Think now about your feet. Think about your feet as you look out the window at people on the street. Do you see someone in need of kindness? It is often easy to find someone who appears lonely. Do your feet move you in their direction? We often move around so quickly that we fail to notice when someone needs our help. Or, let’s be honest, we don’t much care. We see a need and instead we put our feet up.
“Put your heart in your feet. When was the last time you went looking for the person who needs a friend? Be honest—when was it? Whether in a classroom, at work, or on the street, it has never been easy to do the right thing because it takes a special kind of courage. We will always feel more comfortable not helping, avoiding new and uncomfortable situations. But we need to do more than be comfortable.
“God knows that my feet have not moved toward helping others, plenty. I’m trying today to be more courageous than I was when I was your age. I hope you’ll do better than I did.”…
Then I added, “In all of this, I have to tell you, I am channeling the teachings of the medieval saint I was talking about before. He’s been immortalized in birdbaths everywhere, which is unfortunate. You see, this is how Francis of Assisi imagined his role in the world: in very practical ways, using his hands, his mouth, and his feet.”

09/28/2025

“Our days are truly jewels, each one a treasure, another opportunity to savor the story emerging in my life. Even the difficult threads, maybe especially the difficult ones.” Christine Valters Paintner

09/17/2025

“When Jesus bids us to love our enemies, he is speaking neither of eros [romantic love] nor philia [reciprocal love of friends]; he is speaking of agape, understanding and creative, redemptive goodwill for all people. Only by following this way and responding with this type of love are we able to be children of our Father who is in heaven.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love (Beacon Press, 1963, 1981), xi, 43–44, 47.