Eifel Fellowship: Forgiveness, Healing, Reconciliation

Thanks for listening to episode #7 of The Writing Room, a Quellen original podcast created to share the words and teachings of George Miley. Humans were created by God to live 24/7 in his presence, living life in harmony with how he created us to function. But we decided we knew better, and chose to go our own way. This leads to damaging crashes with reality. When sin invades our young minds, bodies, and souls, how do we find healing as adults? In this episode of TWR, George looks to answer this question. Read more from George in his book, Maturing Toward Wholeness In The Inner Life. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to the 6th episode of The Writing Room, a Quellen original podcast created to share the words and teachings of George Miley. In this episode, George continues our series on inner healing by teaching through the second half of chapter 7 in his book, Maturing Toward Wholeness In The Inner Life. In part one, we learned about the things that result in us being wounded. But thankfully, God doesn't leave us in our pain. He gives tools for healing. He doesn't just command us to do things that our wounding blocks us from doing. He leads us into lives of wholeness. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to the 5th episode of The Writing Room, a Quellen original podcast created to share the words and teachings of George Miley. In the previous 4 episodes, we looked at the life, character, and work of Jesus. Where will George's teaching's take us next? Inner Healing. At some point, living as Christ's disciple, we are likely to become aware of wounded areas within that are hindering or blocking maturity. Craziness began when we turned from God and went our own way. Sanity gradually returns when we rely on Jesus to teach us how life works. The teaching excerpt used in this episode was originally created in 2016 as companion audio content for chapter 7 of Maturing Toward Wholeness In The Inner Life. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to "Past, Present, & Future" a podcast by Quellen International! In this episode, Micah speaks to the Chief of Staff at the Arizona House of Representatives, Michael Hunter, about the passing of House Bill 2241 – a bill that died, came back to life, and became the law of the land in the final hour. HB2241 (also known as the Holocaust Education Bill) requires that all Arizona students receive education on the Holocaust and other genocides at least twice between 7th and 12th grade. Learn more about Quellen and donate to our efforts by visit quellen.org. Sources used for this story: - Governor Ducey Signs Bill To Strengthen Holocaust Education In K-12 Schools (Governor Doug Ducey) - WATCH Holocaust Education Bill Now Law Of The Land (YouTube, Governor Doug Ducey) - New bill in Arizona requires Holocaust Education For Students (YouTube, 12 News) - Gov. Ducey Answers Questions About Key Issues in Arizona (YouTube, ABC15 Arizona) - Bill Bringing More Holocaust Education to Arizona Classrooms Signed Into Law (KTAR News 92.3 FM) - Arizona Gov. Ducey Signs Bill Requiring Holocaust Education During Grades 7-12 (KJZZ News 91.5)

Welcome to the The Writing Room, a Quellen original podcast created to share the words and teachings of George Miley. In this episode, we hear a teaching from George that was originally recorded in 2011. Entitled "Establishing Jesus As Master Teacher For All of Life", this 45-minute lesson was a part of a series that eventually became the foundation for his book, Maturing Toward Wholeness In The Inner Life. Jesus came to earth bringing new information about how human life works. It surpassed anything his hearers had heard, and it catalyzed a movement of love, joy and meaning that permeated the Roman Empire even as the political power tried brutally to stamp it out. We miss Jesus if we limit what he taught to "religion". In order to experience the life-transforming power of Jesus, we must first establish him as the master teacher for all of life. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to the 3rd edition of The Writing Room, a podcast created by Quellen International to share the words and teachings of George Miley. In this episode, George speaks to the believers unending journey of knowing Christ. In Philippians 3:10, Paul says, “I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death”. As we pursue deepness with Christ, our inner lives will be transformed by his presence. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Stay up-to-date by subscribing to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

This is The Writing Room, a podcast created by Quellen International to share the words and teachings of George Miley. In this episode, George Miley begins his teaching by sharing the story of a town in Eastern Europe, and how its people rounded up their Jewish neighbors to deport them to the death camp at Auschwitz in 1942. 70-years later, the people and leaders of that same town (Dolny Kubin, Slovakia) came together again, this time to publicly acknowledge the wrongs of the past, to ask for forgiveness, and to honor Israel and the Jewish people. What power is able to make such events possible? Jesus! He came so that we might become. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to the first episodes of The Writing Room, a podcast created by Quellen International to share the words and teachings of George Miley. To kick off this new podcast project, we thought it would be valuable to listen to a teaching George Miley recorded in 2016, “Jesus of Nazareth; Who Is He?" In this powerful 8-minute excerpt, George looks at the person of Jesus and asks, "Have you ever met him?" "Would you like to?" Then, to close out the episode, Micah Dailey talks with George on the phone adding context and encouragement for us to enter the works of reconciliation around us. Learn more about the ministry of Quellen by visiting quellen.org. Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter and following us on Facebook & Instagram.

Welcome to the first edition of "Past, Present, & Future" a podcast by Quellen International. In this episode, Micah speaks to historian, professor, author, and pianist, Bill Niven, about his recent piano composition entitled "Roots". Back in early 2020, artist and Holocaust educator Caroline Slifkin, along with Amy Williams, who just finished her Ph.D. on the memory of the Kindertransport, began working on a project entitled "Keepsakes of Kindertransport". Together they called on Kinder and their families as well as students and academics to contribute reflective art pieces. Bill Niven was one of the people they invited to contribute. Despite being mostly an improviser and hobbyist, Bill decided to compose a special instrumental to help tell the story of 10,000 brave children who escaped Nazi Germany by train. To learn more about Quellen, and donate to our efforts, visit quellen.org.

How is Christ's glory revealed upon Gentile Nations (Isaiah 60:2)? One way is by force—at the 2nd coming. But force is not God's preferred way. The second way is by grace—as God heals wounds caused by sin, imbedded in history, through grace-empowered actions of God's people. Here are four components of such ways with stories connected with healing wounds of the Holocaust. (George Miley) Recorded 01/2019

Outward circumstances or events cannot produce abiding joy. Joy is a quality of the inner life. It grows within as we learn to live in God’s Presence. Love, joy and peace are experienced together. “Rejoice in the Lord always.” (George Miley) Recorded 12/2018

The epistle of James can be understood as belonging to the literary genre of the wisdom literature of Israel. Written by a Messianic Jew, intended most probably for Messianic Jewish congregations beyond Palestine, it reflects Jewish thought patterns throughout. The overarching wisdom theme of the book: external behavior reveals the condition of the inner life.    When we focus on changing behavior directly (by will-power) we are focusing on the effects of the problem rather than on the root cause. Inner life is radically transformed by learning how to live in the Presence of Jesus. We learn this in discipleship with him. Behavior alteration follows.

Unhealed places within us will find expression in our behavior. In this we can not only harm ourselves, but also others around us. The consequences are even greater in the case of leaders who have responsibility for others and enjoy wider influence. What are some main areas of wounding within? How can we seek healing from Jesus?

PART 2 OF 2 Foundational in Jesus' teaching: to access the new life he offers, I must first allow God to put my old self-life to death. The cross must precede the resurrection. Grasping on to my own damaged life only leads me deeper into despair. Laying it down in order to receive a new, Christ-life leads to pure joy. (George Miley) Recorded 9/2017

PART 1 OF 2 Foundational in Jesus' teaching: to access the new life he offers, I must first allow God to put my old self-life to death. The cross must precede the resurrection. Grasping on to my own damaged life only leads me deeper into despair. Laying it down in order to receive a new, Christ-life leads to pure joy. (George Miley) Recorded 9/2017

PART 2 OF 2 Learning to honor my father and mother is crucial to my personal development. My heavenly Father chose my parents, and I must be able to trust that He has done well by me in all things. Honoring my parents does not mean denying their imperfections. There are no perfect parents; there are no perfect children. I learn to honor my parents in spite of imperfections—theirs and mine. Jesus teaches me how. (George Miley) Recorded 8/2017

PART 1 OF 2 Learning to honor my father and mother is crucial to my personal development. My heavenly Father chose my parents, and I must be able to trust that He has done well by me in all things. Honoring my parents does not mean denying their imperfections. There are no perfect parents; there are no perfect children. I learn to honor my parents in spite of imperfections—theirs and mine. Jesus teaches me how. (George Miley) Recorded 8/2017

PART 2 OF 2 God reconciles people who have been separated relationally. This is just the kind of person God is. As we mature toward Christlikeness, we also become agents of reconciliation. This is just the kind of persons we are becoming. But what does the process of reconciliation look like? Are there specific steps? (George Miley) Recorded 8/18/2017

PART 1 OF 2 God reconciles people who have been separated relationally. This is just the kind of person God is. As we mature toward Christlikeness, we also become agents of reconciliation. This is just the kind of persons we are becoming. But what does the process of reconciliation look like? Are there specific steps? (George Miley) Recorded 8/18/2017

PART 2 OF 2 Forgiving my enemy can be hard, especially if I misunderstand what forgiveness is. Forgiveness never denies or minimizes the wrong. It is a way of responding to the wrong. It acknowledges God as Judge and leads to my healing. It changes the effects of the past on the present. Jesus teaches me how. He is just the kind of person who forgives. George Miley (Recorded 7/28/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 Forgiving my enemy can be hard, especially if I misunderstand what forgiveness is. Forgiveness never denies or minimizes the wrong. It is a way of responding to the wrong. It acknowledges God as Judge and leads to my healing. It changes the effects of the past on the present. Jesus teaches me how. He is just the kind of person who forgives. George Miley (Recorded 7/28/2017)

PART 2 OF 2 God created us male or female. He intended a man and woman to forge a “one-of-a-kind” intimacy of mutual and permanent commitment, caring, kindness, respect. God designed us with ability to express this unique intimacy physically. Sexual intimacy, in harmony with God's intention for me, is beautiful and fulfilling. Sexual acts that violate God's intention deeply violate and wound. What I do with my body affects my soul. George Miley (Recorded 4/29/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 God created us male or female. He intended a man and woman to forge a “one-of-a-kind” intimacy of mutual and permanent commitment, caring, kindness, respect. God designed us with ability to express this unique intimacy physically. Sexual intimacy, in harmony with God's intention for me, is beautiful and fulfilling. Sexual acts that violate God's intention deeply violate and wound. What I do with my body affects my soul. George Miley (Recorded 4/29/2017)

PART 3 OF 3 My need to be loved is so great that, initially, my capacity to love others is quite limited. Where did this neediness come from? I turned away from the all-competent Lover. God never stopped loving me; I stopped loving him. My need to be loved can only be met as I learn to live increasingly in God's Presence. Being with him, I experience his love. His love heals me. It begins to form a reservoir of love within me that I can pass on to my neighbor. George Miley (Recorded 2/10/2017)

PART 2 OF 3 My need to be loved is so great that, initially, my capacity to love others is quite limited. Where did this neediness come from? I turned away from the all-competent Lover. God never stopped loving me; I stopped loving him. My need to be loved can only be met as I learn to live increasingly in God's Presence. Being with him, I experience his love. His love heals me. It begins to form a reservoir of love within me that I can pass on to my neighbor. George Miley (Recorded 2/10/2017)

PART 1 OF 3 My need to be loved is so great that, initially, my capacity to love others is quite limited. Where did this neediness come from? I turned away from the all-competent Lover. God never stopped loving me; I stopped loving him. My need to be loved can only be met as I learn to live increasingly in God's Presence. Being with him, I experience his love. His love heals me. It begins to form a reservoir of love within me that I can pass on to my neighbor. George Miley (Recorded 2/10/2017)

1 OF 2 God created the human body good. But living in a rebellious, darkened world I have learned behaviors that are unlike God and thus damaging to me and others. Many are stored in my body as subconscious habits, negatively affecting my heart, soul, mind and relationships without me realizing it. I must now learn to access God's provision of grace to unlearn (put to death) destructive habits and replace them with behaviors I learn from Jesus. George Miley (Recorded 2/4/2017)

1 OF 2 God created the human body good. But living in a rebellious, darkened world I have learned behaviors that are unlike God and thus damaging to me and others. Many are stored in my body as subconscious habits, negatively affecting my heart, soul, mind and relationships without me realizing it. I must now learn to access God's provision of grace to unlearn (put to death) destructive habits and replace them with behaviors I learn from Jesus. George Miley (Recorded 2/4/2017)

PART 2 OF 2 Our culture assumes that if an emotion exists it is valid. If I feel it, I have every right to express it. This may feel good at first, but it invariably leads to painful and disruptive life experiences. Jesus heals wounded emotions that block our maturing, replacing them with beautiful emotions God created us to have. This happens as we allow him to teach us how life works--as his disciples.  George Miley (1/27/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 Our culture assumes that if an emotion exists it is valid. If I feel it, I have every right to express it. This may feel good at first, but it invariably leads to painful and disruptive life experiences. Jesus heals wounded emotions that block our maturing, replacing them with beautiful emotions God created us to have. This happens as we allow him to teach us how life works--as his disciples.  George Miley (1/27/2017)  

PART 2 OF 2 The first step in reforming my mind is intention—an orientation of the heart or will​. I choose to intend to learn from Jesus how to access the new life he offers. My first step is to choose where I will place my thoughts. Jesus teaches me to live with my thoughts centered in ​God. George Miley (Recorded 1/21/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 The first step in reforming my mind is intention—an orientation of the heart or will​. I choose to intend to learn from Jesus how to access the new life he offers. My first step is to choose where I will place my thoughts. Jesus teaches me to live with my thoughts centered in ​God. George Miley (Recorded 1/21/2017)

PART 2 OF 2 A soul not centered in God becomes​ fragmented. It can’t find its way home. One’s inner ​being trends toward chaos and harmful ​behavior. A soul centered in God comes to rest. It has returned home. One's ​inner being, in spite of what is going on around, finds order and peace.  George Miley (Recorded 1/20/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 A soul not centered in God becomes​ fragmented. It can’t find its way home. One’s inner ​being trends toward chaos and harmful ​behavior. A soul centered in God comes to rest. It has returned home. One's ​inner being, in spite of what is going on around, finds order and peace.   George Miley (Recorded 1/20/2017)

PART 2 OF 2   ​The choices of my ​heart direct the re-making of my person. This is very different from "will-power." Allowing Jesus to teach me how life works, I learn to choose not to rely on will-power but on him. As he teaches me how to live in God's Presence, my inner life is transformed.  George Miley (Recorded 1/19/2017)

​PART 1 OF 2   The choices of my ​heart direct the re-making of my person. This is very different from "will-power." Allowing Jesus to teach me how life works, I learn to choose not to rely on will-power but on him. As he teaches me how to live in God's Presence, my inner life is transformed.  George Miley (Recorded 1/19/2017)

How can we pray throughout the day while carrying out the tasks of life? We need ways—established practices—for repeatedly returning our thoughts to God. George Miley (Recorded 1/09/2017)

PART 2 OF 2 What is prayer? It is interacting with God. I talk to him; I also listen for what he is saying to me. Prayer is two-way communication. It is interactively living in God's Presence.​  George Miley (Recorded 1/07/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 What is prayer? It is interacting with God. I talk to him; I also listen for what he is saying to me. Prayer is two-way communication. It is interactively living in God's Presence.​  George Miley (Recorded 1/07/2017)

As I enter more deeply into rest, I become more aware of the condition of my soul. Practice expands my ability to go deeper into silence.   George Miley (Recorded 1/06/2017)

PART 2 OF 2 In solitude I withdraw, for a time, from social contact, physical movement, and sounds (except perhaps from the gentle sounds of nature). I offer my time and myself to God as a gift of love. Waiting in quietness and stillness, my soul comes to rest. It then reaches new clarity. George Miley (Recorded 1/04/2017)

PART 1 OF 2 In solitude I withdraw, for a time, from social contact, physical movement, and sounds (except perhaps from the gentle sounds of nature). I offer my time and myself to God as a gift of love. Waiting in quietness and stillness, my soul comes to rest. It then reaches new clarity. George Miley (Recorded 1/04/2017)  

PART 2 OF 2 It is tragic when God is only a concept, a theological proposition, a part of my upbringing, and I do not experience living in his Presence. When practices for inviting God into my inner life are not being followed​, the dysfunctions that have negatively shaped me remain unaddressed.   (George Miley) Recorded 12/29/2016  

PART 1 OF 2 It is tragic when God is only a concept, a theological proposition, a part of my upbringing, and I do not experience living in his Presence. When practices for inviting God into my inner life are not being followed​, the dysfunctions that have negatively shaped me remain unaddressed.   (George Miley) Recorded 12/29/2016  

PART 2 OF 2 At some point, living as Christ’s disciple, I am likely to become aware of wounded areas within that are hindering or blocking my maturing. Craziness began when I turned from God and went my own way. Sanity is gradually returning as I rely on Jesus to teach me how life works. (George Miley) Recorded 12/28/2016

PART 1 OF 2 At some point, living as Christ’s disciple, I am likely to become aware of wounded areas within that are hindering or blocking my maturing. Craziness began when I turned from God and went my own way. Sanity is gradually returning as I rely on Jesus to teach me how life works. (George Miley) Recorded 12/28/2016

Hanna reads Chapter 19 from her book A Garland for Ashes. "One morning last July, in a tiny, obscure village in the middle of rural Poland, I experienced despairing sorrow mingled with passionate hope".

PART 2 OF 2  What is faith? Mental assent? Yes, but more than that. It is belief that leads to relying on what is believed. We choose to rely on God apart from what our five senses seem to be telling us. God is Spirit. His kingdom is Unseen Reality. To enter and live there we walk by faith, not by sight. (George Miley) Recorded 12/27/2016

PART 1 OF 2  What is faith? Mental assent? Yes, but more than that. It is belief that leads to relying on what is believed. We choose to rely on God apart from what our five senses seem to be telling us. God is Spirit. His kingdom is Unseen Reality. To enter and live there we walk by faith, not by sight.  (George Miley) Recorded 12/27/2016