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Joshua Elzner - At the Wellspring
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 27 ม.ค. 2019
"Beauty will save the world." - Fyodor Dostoevsky
I firmly believe that beauty, true beauty, stirs the human heart from its loneliness and its pain, and issues a salutary call, a call of love echoing love into the inmost longings of our being. It sets us upon a path of yearning - of pure and holy eros - that leads all the way to the fullness of goodness and truth, to the abundant life of God who is Love - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - in which alone our restless hearts are at rest. I humbly offer the fruits of my own creative work to serve in this great encounter with Beauty, with the One who is everlasting Beauty and fullness of Joy.
I firmly believe that beauty, true beauty, stirs the human heart from its loneliness and its pain, and issues a salutary call, a call of love echoing love into the inmost longings of our being. It sets us upon a path of yearning - of pure and holy eros - that leads all the way to the fullness of goodness and truth, to the abundant life of God who is Love - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - in which alone our restless hearts are at rest. I humbly offer the fruits of my own creative work to serve in this great encounter with Beauty, with the One who is everlasting Beauty and fullness of Joy.
13. He Pitched His Tent Among Us - Against Abba's Heart: Meditations on the Gospel of John
This is a series of reflections or meditations--in audiobook form--on the Gospel according to John that I will be posting on TH-cam (and in text form also on the blog linked below). The early ones were written a number of years ago but have since been edited and revised, and yet most all the reflections after the prologue of the Gospel and beyond will be new. I hope that my humble words will help to unseal for you hidden depths of beauty in the Word, and may facilitate a space for you to contemplate the goodness of our loving Father, who sent his beloved Son to us in the Spirit to reveal to us our own belovedness too, so that, welcoming him in faith, we might "become children of God, born not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
wellspringreflections.weebly.com
Written by Joshua Elzner and read by Catherine Guilbeau.
The art in the video is a pencil sketch of Jesus Christ and the Beloved Disciple by Chilean gastroenterologist, Dr. Jose Miguel Fuenzalida-Comas.
#christiancontemplation #catholicchurch #bible #biblestudy #philosophy #scripture #exegesis
wellspringreflections.weebly.com
Written by Joshua Elzner and read by Catherine Guilbeau.
The art in the video is a pencil sketch of Jesus Christ and the Beloved Disciple by Chilean gastroenterologist, Dr. Jose Miguel Fuenzalida-Comas.
#christiancontemplation #catholicchurch #bible #biblestudy #philosophy #scripture #exegesis
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Part 5: Redemption of the Body - A Commentary on John Paul II's "Meditation on Givenness"
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Introduction: "The Depth of the Word" - Against Abba's Heart: Meditations on the Gospel of John
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Part 4: To Be Seen and Held - A Commentary on John Paul II's "Meditation on Givenness"
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Beautiful
AMEN AND AMEN❤
I LOVE YOU GOD AMEN 🙏
Beautiful. Thank you
For me it was a lovely composition to hear and feel...🤗
Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I really love this fantasy story. Great writing by Joshua Elzner. ❤❤❤❤
It looks like you finished it! I am humbled that you listened to the story, and I want to thank you for your comments. I hope that the story has planted some little seeds of goodness and beauty in your heart.
The more i listen to this story, the more i am intrigued by it. Love the narrator. ❤❤
I'm so glad to hear that! ☺️
I find this story very spritual and the story is intriguing. ❤❤❤
@@chengcangelosi6418 Thanks for the comment. I am glad that you find it so, as that has been my hope and my desire!
Wow I'm on book 2 Thank you for posting the series.
Thanks for your comment. I am glad to be able to make the book accessible to you in this way. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
@@joshuaelzner I'm looking forward to it. My nephew has changed my listening schedule.
I have really been enjoying this series. After a long day helping with my nephew I come home exhausted. So I make myself comfortable and get something to eat and listen to this series. Again this old woman says thank you
And thank you for your thank you! I am grateful that you are still enjoying it, and I hope it continues to be an uplifting part of your life.
I just want to say thank you. I haven't gotten to listen to all of them yet because there are not enough hours in a day. I have been long days and short nights with my nephew still in the hospital. He came out of his coma only to have a stroke again. However I have been enjoying the book and my ability to go to the next chapter.. I appreciate you
Thank you for your thank you...and especially for the little glimpse of the path you are walking right now. Know that I continue to hold you all in prayer, and that I appreciate you as well!
Thank you for your uploads. My nephew has been in the hospital for the last 4 weeks and I haven't had much time for myself. This is going to make for a good read this morning. I can flow the chapter's with esse thanks to you.
Thanks for sharing a bit about what's been going on. Know that I shall keep you, your nephew, and all your loved ones in prayer!
@@joshuaelzner thank you On Sunday afternoon he slipped back into a coma 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@joshuaelzner thank you On Sunday afternoon he slipped back into a coma 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@IamwhoIam333 Oh, what a great struggle and sorrow that must be! Know that my heart and my prayers are close to you and your family during this time. May all of you feel the intimate presence of our God of Love holding you...
Yeah 👍🏼☕ It rained all night and then a very cold wind blew through and froze everything and then it snowed. Once again perfect timing ☕Yeah ☕
Thanks for uploading, I enjoy listening while I knit.
I'm glad you are enjoy it. And thanks for reaching out to let me know!
This is a really good book. I hope more people find your channel
Thank you. I'm sorry that it's taking so long to get all of the chapters up! I know it can be irking to be forced to receive a book only little by little. But I'm glad that you're sticking with it!
@@joshuaelzner no reason to apologize. I realize that you have a life. I'm greatful for the time you have to use to do it.
Thanks for your respect and gratitude!@@IamwhoIam333
☕📖 🌦️ once again perfect timing. Thank you
Great to hear!
Again perfect timing. 🙂 It is a grey rainy day. Perfect day to listen to a great book.
Do you add the music 🎶🎵🎶. Nice touch. It sets the time period.
The music is performed by Catherine, a friend of mine. Her channel is here: @enfoldedheartmusic th-cam.com/channels/7xv6Hb8JRRTEYxPcJNf_8A.html
@@joshuaelzner thank you
You had to have alot of faith and trust in someone to take their word and or handshake as your bond. Communication was slow and you had to hope you did all you could . Can you imagine hand to hand combat today 💭🤔 hmmmmm January 6th has taught me a lot as to what lengths people will go to because they took one man's word. Look at all the lives destroyed as they knew it. Those protecting because that is their job and then you had the aggressor's and aggravator. Hand to hand combat. If I am thankful for two things. More weapons were not fired and the weak spots in Our democracy that need to be fixed. Once and for all . Kingship or democracy is an age old battle.
I am grateful that the story is speaking to you in a relevant way about the world in which we now live, and I am touched by your comments. I join you wholeheartedly in praying for our culture and our nation, that dignity, life, and true unity are fostered and grow, even as threatened as they are right now.
Good I think I will go listen to all of book one 😊 and then tomorrow start book two. Yeah 👍🎉
When she said you carry the pain and burdens of others I went wooooo That has been my life but never thought of it as a gift 💭🤔 hmmmmm Very interesting to ponder on I am 70 year's old and this is the first time I have heard it put like this.
I'm grateful that those words resonated with you. Yes, this kind of compassion is certainly a very deep and beautiful gift, even if it can be painful, and I firmly believe that it really does things in the world. After all, it is the very way that our Savior healed and renewed the world! He unites us to himself so deeply that we not only share in the joy of his life--though this is always primary, for joy is his ultimate gift!--but also in his own compassion for and with our brothers and sisters.
So is this the last chapter to book one 💭🤔 hmmmmm Forgive me if I didn't understand your last post I'm getting old and sometimes I get things wrong. It has been a great book and I have enjoyed it very much.
Yes, it is the last of Book 1, but it isn't supposed to bring things to a conclusion! The cliff-hanger is deliberate, and Book 2 will pick up the same story and continue it. Chapter 1 of Book 2 should be out either tomorrow or early next week. I am so happy that you have enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy the coming chapters just as much!
Nice áudio book
Thank you. If you listen, I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you It is a cold snowy day. Perfect to listen to with a hot cup of chocolate.
One more chapter and we're done with Book 1! Will start Book 2 right away.
@@joshuaelzner awesome 👍🏼
Beautiful story line. I can imagine trying to get news out back then. No instant messages 🤣😂😅
Thank you. And I agree. A very different world in many ways, indeed.
Perfect timing. It is grey and cold out this morning so I am having a good cup of coffee with a good book and a very kind person.
Thank you for your kind words. Hoping you have a wonderful start of a new year.
Are there other books by this author Not this series but other series 💭🤔 hmmmmm I don't get out much so I listen to alot of books. I don't watch TV anymore either
Currently the only complete audiobook that I have available is "A Flame of God Himself: Reflections on the Song of Songs," so it's not a fiction, but rather a meditational non-fiction book. Let me know if you're interested and I can send you the link.
@@AttheWellspringMusic I would like that. I believe in meditation and reflection. Thank you
@@IamwhoIam333 It is not available to stream, but I can send you the download link. Could you perhaps email me at lovingcompassion3@gmail.com and I will reply with the audio files? Also, they are not books, but there are a lot of audio resources available on my website that you are welcome to listen to (classes and reflections). You can find those here: atthewellspring.com/audio-recordings/
How many books to this story
I am near the end of book 3 currently, but I expect 4 or 5. They are all relatively short though.
@@joshuaelzner awesome I look forward to listening to them when you get the time to upload them Merry Christmas
@@IamwhoIam333 I will upload each chapter once I finish it. I'm getting faster, so that's good! A very Merry Christmas to you too!
Thank you for posting
My pleasure!
I saw this yesterday but I saved it to listen to while I had my morning coffee Thank you
Perfect timing again. I like listening to the story with my morning coffee ☕. Hope your holiday season is going well and full of unexpected blessing's.
It is indeed! I hope the same for you. And thanks again for following along with the story! It is a lot of work, but I cherish it so much it is totally worth it. I hope many people are able to hear in it the same beautiful song that I hear, and to which I have tried, however imperfectly, to give voice. Many blessings.
@@joshuaelzner me too and I know about time Time is money and it takes someone who is not a greedy person to think about others who are not as fortunate as they are.
@@IamwhoIam333Time is sacred, and I would not wish to live it in any other way!
@@joshuaelzner time waits for no man.
Just in time to listen to with my morning coffee Thank you
Glad to hear!
Thank you
When I listened to the other chapter I didn't pay attention to the time span. I knew the young lady went home to see her family. Yet I thought something was missing but just thought it was me 🤣😅😅😅🤣 Even though I have been reading as posted i will go back when it is completed and read it a second time. Some books are worth reading more than once.
I am truly moved that you think so, and are devoting such time to it. Of course I think so too, as I cherish the characters and the story so deeply, and only hope that I am able to do them justice!
Just in time I just finished an audiobook and was wondering what to listen to next. Thank you I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and may this Christmas holidays bring blessing to your front door.
I did, and I wish the same for you! I actually forgot that I hadn't uploaded Chapter 8 yet (meant to do it over Thanksgiving) and did 9 instead. Now they're both up, so you can listen to both. The order doesn't matter too much, actually, since they're different characters, but that's kind of an exceptional case. Praying you are well and filled with abundant love and grace!
Thank you
I'm glad to be able to share the story in this way! Thanks for following along.
Thank you. What a nice surprise.v
Thank you how very kind of you. Perfect timing too. I am greatful. I will put you on my prayer list and may you be blessed 10 fold for your kindness. It's a really good book. I hope more people find it on TH-cam.
And thank you for your kind words, and especially for your prayers. Know that you and all those whom you love shall also be in my heart in prayer.
Is there another chapter 💭🤔 hmmmmm I'm really enjoying this book.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! I am trying to release at least one chapter a week, so stayed tuned if you like the audio format. But if you want to receive it at a faster pace, the first two Books are already available in print and ebook, with the rest coming soon. You can find them at one of the two following sites, if you're interested: atthewellspring.com/publishing/product-category/fiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG2HYXV4
@@joshuaelzner thank you for responding to my comment. I am interested but I am a patient person and I will wait. My income 💭💭💭🤔 hmmmmm doesn't leave any extra for such a luxury.
@@IamwhoIam333 I am glad that you told me! I will get the videos up as quick as a reasonably can! But also send me an email if you're interested in any of my print books. I would be glad to send any of them to you free of charge. If this is something that you'd like, please don't hesitate!