Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God's maddening, disruptive creativity. from When God Interrupts: Finding New Life Through Unwanted Change
02640 – Conversion: A Lifelong Process
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02638 – Caring for Others
We too have a priestly calling to the world. Like Christ, we are called to serve and to sacrifice, through a ministry of presence and through prayer. In every leadership situation, there is and ought to be a priestly dimension to our care for others…What burden has...
02629 – Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
In A.D. 500, Augustine wrote: "How can you draw close to God when you are far from your own self?" In 1530, John Calvin wrote: "Our wisdom . . . consists almost entirely of two parts: knowledge of God and of ourselves." And Teresa of Avila wisely wrote: "Almost all...
02628 – Speak God’s Truth
In the home, at church, in the academy and the marketplace, and in society generally, every Christian has a calling to speak God’s truth. from The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth
02619 – Religion vs. The True Gospel
Modern religion focuses on filling churches with people. The true gospel emphasizes filling people with God.
02617 – What is God Like?
But whenever you aren't sure what God is like, think about what makes you feel safe, what makes you feel brave, and what makes you feel loved. That's what God is like. from What is God Like?
02612 – The Middle: Crucial Part of the Story
When we tell stories that start with a sudden beginning and jump to an ending that only God could write, we skip over a crucial part of the story: the middle. The place where we wait. Where we sit in silence. Where we have no answers. Where our hearts ache and we...
02605 – Disabled Bodies–Gift from God
[W]e ought to embrace disabled bodies as a gift from God that both reveals divine action in the world and expands the fullness of image-bearing creation. from My Disabled Body Proclaims the Gospel
02599 – Human Life is Sacred
Human life is sacred: this means that God has consecrated each and every human being—without exception and in all circumstances—as a unique, incalculably precious being of elevated status and dignity. from Introducing Christian Ethics
02598 – I No Longer Pray for Peace
On the edge of war, one foot already in,I no longer pray for peace:I pray for miracles.I pray that stone hearts will turn to tenderheartedness,and evil intentions will turnto mercifulness,and all the soldiers already deployedwill be snatched out of harm's way,and the...