But in your darkest place, or in what you believe is your most hidden hideousness--even there, God is dwelling.
01410 – Where God Dwells
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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.
01404 – Church is a Connector
[An] airport is a place of connection, not a destination. Its job is to help people get somewhere else. An airport-centric world of travel would be dull and frustrating, no matter how nice the airport is. When the church thinks it's the destination, it also confuses...
01402 – “It’s Not about Me”
I think Jesus would have said, "It's not about me." During his lifetime, he deflected attention from himself. In an illuminating passage in our earliest gospel, when a man addressed him as "Good Teacher," Jesus responded with, "Why do you call me good? No one is good...
01394 – Solitude with God
Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamor of the world.
01388 – Changing to Love Everyone
If we believe God loves the world, it should change how we live in the world. It means we love all people.
01384 – Trusting in God’s Miracles
It makes no sense to cling to small hopes. We are emboldened to ask God for something bigger. The same faith that looks clear-eyed at the immensity of the forces arrayed against God is the faith that affirms God's miracle-working power. Trust in miracles is, in fact,...
01380 – Obedience to God
Who stands fast? Only the person whose final standard is not his or her reason, principles, conscience, freedom, or virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all this when called to obedient and responsible action in faith and in exclusive allegiance to God--the...
01378 – The Second Step to Holy Obedience
Once having the vision [of a God-intoxicated life], the second step to holy obedience is this: Begin where you are. Obey now. Use what little obedience you are capable of, even if it be like a grain of mustard seed. Live this present moment...as you now sit in your...
01377 – Waiting Among the Cornstalks
One evening soon after, Sandy and I fell into a conversation about...the crow in the tree. Sandy said, "You know what came to mind when I saw that crow perched over us? I thought of the Native American proberb about the eagle and the crow in each of us. The eagle...