Welcome to Good Ground!

First of all, I would like to thank my the web designer, Antoine Wright, for getting this “on the ground.” He has been a good friend, as well as an extraordinary person. He has also been an important instrument in developing my spiritual life.

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Passage from the Preface:

“My earnest desire is that you approach my story with an open heart and mind. Follow the details closely to grasp its rich interconnectedness, which elucidates the realities I eventually embrace. Furthermore, consider allowing these inspirations to foster your personal spirituality and exploration for truth. Thus, without further ado, I wish to share this very intimate portion of my life. May the Lord grant you light as you commence this extraordinary journey.” –Jonathon

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~~~~~FYI: The pdf version of the book is much nicer, and is filled with great illustrations and images. It’s worth downloading if you can. If not, feel free to read the book from the section to your left, labeled “Simple Version of Book.” Remember to click the blue chapter title at the center and top after you select it from the “Simple Version of Book” box, otherwise you just get a fragment of the chapter.~~~~~

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Download and read The Seed that Fell on Good Ground. (9MB, Adobe PDF)

(front cover)

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Download and read The Seed that Fell on Good Ground. (9MB, Adobe PDF)

“You are on good ground, and I have got a seed for you!” Antoine RJ Wright (site designer)

Are you on good soil?

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 4,1-20.

On another occasion he began to teach by the sea. A very large crowd gathered around him so that he got into a boat on the sea and sat down. And the whole crowd was beside the sea on land.
And he taught them at length in parables, and in the course of his instruction he said to them,
Hear this! A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Other seed fell on rocky ground where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
And when the sun rose, it was scorched and it withered for lack of roots.
Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it and it produced no grain.
And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
He added, “Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”
And when he was alone, those present along with the Twelve questioned him about the parables.
He answered them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been granted to you. But to those outside everything comes in parables,
so that ‘they may look and see but not perceive, and hear and listen but not understand, in order that they may not be converted and be forgiven.’”
Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
The sower sows the word.
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown. As soon as they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the word sown in them.
And these are the ones sown on rocky ground who, when they hear the word, receive it at once with joy.
But they have no root; they last only for a time. Then when tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Those sown among thorns are another sort. They are the people who hear the word,
but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches, and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word, and it bears no fruit.
But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”

It’s a challenging message. Let us pray for one another that we would abide in God’s love and bear much fruit.

About the Author

I am definitely not God’s gift to God. I struggle each day to live a decent life and to make something of myself. I feel I have been given some profound graces and mercies. To who much is given, much is asked. Therefore, I hope and pray I can answer the call, wherever He guides me.

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