It's easier to treat Jesus as a one-way ticket to heaven as opposed to following Jesus to the margins here and now: to feed the hungryto care for the sickto forgive debtsto welcome the stranger. But that's where Jesus is.And that's the kingdom come.
When you take the Way of Jesus seriously, you encounter resistance. Jesus calls us to love our enemies, but society kills our enemies. Jesus calls us to Jubilee, but ours is a nation of debt. Jesus calls us to befriend the ostracized, but ours is a society of...
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will;When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;When the funds are low and the debts are high;And you want to smile but you have to sigh;When all is pressing you down a bit--Rest if you must. But don't you quit.Success is a...
Our culture teaches us about shame--it dictates what is acceptable and what is not. We weren't born craving perfect bodies. We weren't born afraid to tell our stories. We weren't born with a fear of getting too old to feel valuable. We weren't born with a Pottery Barn...
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last...
As to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to serve any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go...