The greatest deterrent to genuine happiness - believing that if our circumstances were different, then we would be happy. Paradoxically, deep contentment finds us when we lay aside the pursuit of happiness for something more...loving God and others. May we be caught...
Jesus didn't come to save you from an angry God, but to save you from believing He is.-------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: Jesus didn't come to save you from an angry God, but to save you from believing God is.
Ever present God, you called us to be in relationship with one another and promised to dwell wherever two or three are gathered. In our community, we are many different people; we come from many different places, have many different cultures. Open our hearts that we...
I am a Palestinian Christian. We also say: "Allahu Akbar," which is normally heard from a Muslim, as well as: "Inshaa Allah," "Ma Shaa Allah," and "Alhamdulillah." ...This is simply because Arabic is our language, and the Arabic word for "God" is "Allah," whether you...
It's a dangerous thing, though, to confuse the church with God. The church is not and never has been divine, even in the moments where it has been a channel for healing and hope and change. But while I stand by those words, the truth is that I have never been able to...
God, Keep my anger from becoming meanness. Keep my sorrow from collapsing into self-pity. Keep my heart soft enough to keep breaking. Keep my anger turned towards justice, not cruelty. Remind me that all of this, every bit of it, is for love. Keep me fiercely kind....
God does not eliminate injustice from above by a show of power, but from below, by a show of love. God does not burst on the scene with limitless power, but descends to the narrow confines of our lives.
Christmas reminds us that God didn’t become an emperor controlling an empire. God didn’t become a general commanding legions. God didn’t become a creed, a Bible, or a set of doctrines to be imposed. God became a helpless baby born to a poor family desperately in need...
Think of a single mother who goes to the Church or the Parish, and tells the secretary: I WANT TO BAPTIZE MY SON." And the attendant says: No, you can't, because you're not married.. Let's keep in mind that this mother had the courage to continue with a pregnancy, and...
Any god who is mine but not yours, any god concerned with me but not you, is an idol.