The people who find God are usually people who are very serious about their quest & their questions, more so than being absolutely certain about their answers.
01777 – People Who Find God
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01758 – The Beginning of Love
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
01708 – Hate is as All-Absorbing as Love
Hate is as all-absorbing as love, as irrational, and in its own way as satisfying. As lovers thrive on the presence of the beloved, haters revel in encounters with the one they hate. They confirm him in all his darkest suspicions. They add fuel to all his most burning...
01633 – Find People!
Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don’t change the subject when you share your pain or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there’s no weakness in admitting it....
01569 – Beggars & Bread
The church is one beggar telling another where to find bread.
01545 – Things Could be Worse
Should you ever find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, smallness, or insecurities, remember: Things could be worse. You could be them.
01405 – Lover, Not Dictator
The people who know God well--mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God--always meet a lover, not a dictator.
00348 – Look for Christ
The principle runs through all life from top to bottom. Give up yourself, and you will find your real self. Lose your life and you will save it. Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favorite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end; submit with...
00309 – The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and princes are home,When the shepherds are back with their flock, The work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner,...