Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. from "The Art of Loving"
04398 – Love is a Decision
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04015 – Connectedness: Part of the Story
Wonder requires a person not to forget themselves but to feel themselves so acutely that their connectedness to every created thing comes into focus. In sacred awe, we are a part of the story.
03896 – Feeling My Life
I want to feel my life while I'm in it.
03817 – Wash Feet
Love is not a feeling in your chest; it is bending down to wash another's feet.
03657 – Where God Is
Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.
03630 – Show Up!
I've learned, over many years, that church isn't about order or quiet or even ritual so much as it is about showing up. For yourself, for God, and for the people around you who need to feel--just as you do--that the blessings and burdens of being a human are not...
03544 – The Most Terrible Poverty
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
03369 – Laments
Lament is a cry from the gut. Some of the passages in the lament psalms are so raw we seldom read them in public worship. Their inclusion in our Scripture, however, reminds us there's no feeling that's outside the bounds of our faith.
03327 – True Compassion
True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but being moved to help relieve it.
03247 -Created Free & Equal
I would not for my right hand become instrumental in returning one escaped slave to bondage. I firmly, believe in our Declaration of Independence, that all men are created free and equal, and that no human being has a right to make merchandise of others born in...