Anyone who gets to the end of their life with the exact same beliefs and opinions as they had at the beginning is doing it wrong.
04219 – Our Beliefs/Opinions Should Evolve over Time
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04170 – Real Courage
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.-from To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus Finch...
03535 – Where You Begin
The first step for church leaders (one meant to represent God) to regain trust by those damaged by the church is not to ask for itbut to genuinely ask them questions about their experience. “I want to know what this has done to you, how it affects you . . .” is where...
02949 – Not a Perfect Ending
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's...
02776 – First Half vs. Second Half
I am beginning to suspect that the second half of life is about learning to let go of everything I feverishly collected over the first half that wasn't loving or human.
02756 – Start Where You Are
You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.
02456 – Clasp Your Hands in Prayer
To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.
02343 – Beginnings & Endings
What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. from Little Gidding
02115 – What I Have Learned So Far
Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside, looking into the shining world? Because, properly attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion. Can one be passionate about the just, the ideal, the sublime,...
02034 – The Beautiful Way of Jesus
Our faith was never about aligning with Caesar's earthly power to get what we want. From the beginning, this Way of Jesus was counter-cultural, presenting a radically different way to be in this world based on spiritual power. The way of Caesar is no substitute for...