The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact. from An Open Life
03963 – Myths & Facts
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03824 – Choosing Gratitude
In my present season of grief and regret, I am finding that there is no way through apart from gratitude, and that, in fact, thankfulness is my greatest help. Not a plaster of it applied on the wound, not some anesthetic thanks to numb or replace the sadness, but...
03724 – Beyond Good and Evil
That which is done out of love is always beyond good and evil.
03649 – Those Who are Able to See…
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses.
03447 – Sing It!
The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words. from Life Together
03276 – Serving/Leading
If serving is below you, leadership is beyond you.
03061 – Great Moral Leaders
Great moral leaders dare humanity to look beyond current possibilities. Moral leaders, regardless of their faith, channel an eschatological hope—a dream of what might be. The great leaders take ideas that society considers radical, naïve, outlandish, or a threat and...
03015 – I Will Need Them All!
Don't wish me happiness. I don't expect to be happy all the time...It's gotten beyond that somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor. I will need them all.
02760 – A Terrible Question
And now brothers, I will ask you a terrible question, and God knows I ask it also of myself. Is the truth beyond all truths, beyond the stars, just this: that to live without Christ is the real death, that to die with Christ the only life? from The Magnificent...
02239 – We See Through a Glass, Darkly
As Paul said, “We see through a glass, darkly” (1 Cor. 13:12 KJV). If we remember that, we might be able to avoid turning our fallible interpretations into infallible declarations of God’s truth. And yet we will continue to seek God’s truth, in the Bible and beyond....