There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.
01301 – Going Upstream
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01265 – Forgiving vs. Being Reconciled
Forgiving and being reconciled are not about pretending things are other than they are. It is not patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to the wrong. True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the pain, the degradation, the truth. from No...
01212 – God Loves Us, Period!
When we begin to realize that God loves us with our weakness, with our vulnerability, with our failures, we can begin to accept them as an inevitable part of our human life. We can love others--with their failures--when we stop despising ourselves--because of our...
01195 – All is Gift; All is Grace
What we are, what we have, even our salvation, all is gift, all is grace, not to be achieved but to be received as a gift freely given. God's bias in favor of sinners is so immense that it is said we will be surprised at those we find in heaven whom we had not...
01074 – God’s Kingdom of Shalom-Peace and Wholeness
All over this magnificent world, God calls us to extend his kingdom of shalom-peace and wholeness—of justice, of goodness, of compassion, of caring, of sharing, of laughter, of joy, of reconciliation. God is transfiguring the world right this very moment through us...
00376 – Do Good
Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put all together that overwhelm the world.
00254 – God Who Cares
Frequently when they attacked me for being involved in politics, I used to say, I wish I knew which Bible they were reading! Because the Bible I read was quite clear: God revealed God to the children of Israel, not in a sanctuary, but by carrying out a political...
00090 – Making Truth Public
The sheer act of making the truth public is a form of justice.