To pray...to listen to the voice of the One who calls us the "beloved," is to learn that voice excludes no one. Where I dwell, God dwells with me and where God dwells with me I find all my sisters and brothers.
04114 – Excluding No One
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04113 – Choosing is Hard!
Do I choose to live from the places where I constantly feel rejected or do I choose to live from the place where I know I am the beloved of God? That’s a choice, an inner choice, very hard to make. from Beloved
03569 – Christian Empire-Builders
Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships, and have opted for power and control instead. Many Christian empire-builders have been people unable to give and receive love.
03518 – Precious in God’s Eyes
Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God's eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God's heart.
03419 – Knowing the Joy of God
People who have come to know the joy of God do not deny the darkness, but they choose not to live in it.
03379 – The Discipline of Gratitude
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
03256 – Everlasting Love
Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to...
03186 – The Temptation of Power
One thing is clear to me: the temptation of power is greater when intimacy is a threat. Much Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.
03041 – Love People First
We cannot love issues, but we can love people, and the love of people reveals to us the way to deal with issues.
03029 – Faith, Trust, and Love
The word faith is often understood as accepting something you can’t understand. People often say: “Such and such can’t be explained, you simply have to believe it.” However, when Jesus talks about faith, he means first of all to trust unreservedly that you are loved,...