You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.
04129 – Deal with…!
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03665 – Critiquing Christianity
Jesus laying down his life out of love for the world rather than using all cosmic and political power to force the world to obey him is the eternal critique of any form of Christianity that seeks to secure power in order to ensure that others conform to its will.
02783 – Music: The Great Uniter
Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common. from Just Listen
02707 – God Who Suffers
Christianity is the only world religion that confesses a God who suffers. It is not that popular an idea, even among Christians. We prefer a God who prevents suffering, only that is not the God we have got. What the Cross teaches us is that God's power is not the...
02691 – We Don’t Want to See Suffering
Salvation in Jesus’ name is treated as a cure all. Supposedly, there is no suffering once we join the church, and if there is any cause for discomfort, then we vote the pastor out at the next business meeting. Ironically, we worship Jesus, who showed his wounds, but...
02577 – Keeping Peace
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
02260 – God’s Divine Love
God does not give Divine Love except to people who really want this, choose this, and say "yes" to this. Divine Love is so pure that it never manipulates, shames, or forces itself on anyone. Love waits to be invited and desired, and only then rushes in.
00589 – Our True Self & Vocation
Vocation, the way I was seeking it, becomes an act of will, a grim determination that one’s life will go this way or that whether it wants to or not. If the self is sin-ridden and will bow to truth and goodness only under duress, that approach to vocation makes sense....
00383 – Love Transforms
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
00068 – Letting Go of Hate
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.