I think there is no suffering greater than by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith...
Easter is about listening to women preach resurrection. Easter is about switching the sword for the cross. Easter is about rejecting the ways of empire and rising up for the oppressed. Easter is about paradise for the humble and power for the lowly. Easter is hope for...
But the bridge that crosses the great gulf runs from God to us, never from us to God. We do not travel through the cross to find God; instead, God has traveled through the cross to find us. The significance of this distinction is great. from Yearning: Living Between...