I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace of God than to live in some kind of pietistic illusion of moral excellence. My faith isn't in the idea that I'm more moral than anybody else. My faith is in the idea...
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.
The problem with accepting truth as it comes to us rather than truth as we divine it for ourselves is that it's not worth dying for--and we don't. It becomes a patina of ideas inside of which we live our lives without passion, without care. This kind of faith happens...
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
Surrender to what is.Let go of what was.Have faith in what will be.
It is easy to bow heads around a tableful of food and family this week and voice words of gratitude. It is more faithful — as followers of Jesus — to do so with a renewed commitment to expressing ongoing gratitude through generosity. Gratitude-driven generosity...
Faith is a word that describes the direction our feet start moving when we find that we are loved.
I've often said that those who say having a childlike faith means not asking questions haven't met too many children.
So what are we inviting ourselves and others into? For those who’ve been out for a while, what are we inviting them back to? ...When we can step out of our institutional concerns, reconnecting with the essence of our faith, we remember the Way of life to which Jesus...
Faith requires at times marching into the waters before they part.