What we live is what we believe, everything else is just religious talk.
03600 – Living vs. Talking
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03591 – Faith & Mystery
Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty. from The Gifts of Imperfection
03536 – Losing Sight of the Big Picture?
Jesus lived by moral commands which he believed came from God and yet he never lost sight of the big picture--the reign of God, the deliverance of the oppressed, the priorities of justice, mercy, and love.
03504 – How Do You Treat People?
No matter how educated, talented, rich, or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all.
03421 – Hate does not Redeem
When you hate, you generate a reciprocal hate. When individuals hate each other, the harm is finite; but when great groups of nations hate each other, the harm may be infinite and absolute. Do not fall back upon the thought that those whom you hate deserve to be...
03414 – What I Believe is…
I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished." What I believe is alive...and open to growth.
03305 – Faith & Doubt
A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy...
03238 – Radical Individualism is a Virus
Individualism does not make us more free, more equal, more fraternal. The mere sum of individual interests is not capable of generating a better world for the whole human family. Radical individualism is a virus that is extremely difficult to eliminate, for it is...
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,...
02997 -Believing What We Want to Believe
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.-----------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: The human brain is a complex organ with the...