The moment we Christians think we have all the right answers for another person, for a group of people, for an entire state, or a whole nation, that’s when we know we’ve not only begun to confuse worshiping God as being God ourselves, but we’ve also confused...
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.
Being an American means reckoning with a history, fraught with violence and injustice. Ignoring that reality in favor of mythology is not only wrong, but also dangerous. The dark chapters of American history have just as much to teach us, if not more, than the...
If you're exhausted, rest. If you don't feel like starting a new project, don't. If you don't feel the urge to make something new, just rest in the beauty of the old, the familiar, the known. If you don't feel like talking, stay silent. If you're fed up with the news,...
What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
True restfulness, though, is a form of awareness, a way of being in life. It is living ordinary life with a sense of ease, gratitude, appreciation, peace and prayer. We are restful when ordinary life is enough.
Christ, be with me,Christ before me,Christ behind me,Christ in me, Christ beneath me,Christ above me,Christ on my right, Christ on my left,Christ where I lie,Christ where I sit, Christ where I arise,Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,Christ in the mouth...
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be,...
The more our being in God is embraced, the more our doing will reflect the image of God.