We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
03499 – Christianity and Empire
Christianity loses its truthful witness and ability to prophetically critique the empire the moment it seeks to become an empire itself.
03476 – God Became Like Us
We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of how to destroy, how to love instead of hate, how to live instead of long for more. When we nailed God to a tree, God forgave. And when we buried God...
03343 – Choose Love!
Today I will choose love.Tomorrow I will choose love.And the day after that, I will choose love. If I mistakenly choose distraction, perfection, or negativity over love, I will not wallow in regret.I will choose love until it becomes who I am.
03332 – Success vs. Value
Try not to become a person of success, rather try to become a person of value.
03129 – It’s a Gift!
The trouble with steeling yourself against the harshness of reality is that the same steel that secures your life against being destroyed secures your life also against being opened up and transformed by the holy power that life itself comes from. You can survive on...
03121 – A Part of Us
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
02908 –
The hallmark of an open mind is not letting your ideas become your identity. If you define yourself by your opinions, questioning them is a threat to your integrity. If you see yourself as a curious person or a lifelong learner, changing your mind is a moment of...
02907 – The Imaginative Child
The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.
02844 – On Aging
Aging is like climbing a mountain. The higher you get, the more tired you become, but your view becomes much more extensive.