Life has got to be bigger than death, and love has got to be bigger than fear or this is all a total bust and we are all just going tourist class.
03322 – Always Bigger
God is always bigger than our biggest box. from Faith After Doubt
03161 – God vs. Boxes
God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes. --from Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
03001 – Much in the Window; Nothing in the Room
We have bigger houses, but smaller families;More conveniences, but less time;We have more degrees, but less sense;More knowledge, but less judgment;More experts, but more problems;More medicines, but less healthiness;We've been all the way to the moon and back,but...
02242 – A Stable in Our World
Once in our world, a stable had something in it that was bigger than our whole world.
01781 – Hell is Not God’s Choice
Often hell is portrayed as a place of punishment and heaven as a place of reward. But this concept easily leads us to think about God as either a policeman, who tries to catch us when we make a mistake and send us to prison when our mistakes become too big, or a Santa...
01542 – The Steel of American Resolve
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
01471 – Nations No Stronger than Weakest People
No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might...
01384 – Trusting in God’s Miracles
It makes no sense to cling to small hopes. We are emboldened to ask God for something bigger. The same faith that looks clear-eyed at the immensity of the forces arrayed against God is the faith that affirms God's miracle-working power. Trust in miracles is, in fact,...
00037 – God Being Gracious Unto You
The Lord bless you and keep you.The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May God give you grace never to sell yourself short.Grace to risk something big for something good.Grace to remember that the world is now too dangerous for anything but...