Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
02830 – “The Original Sin of the Church”
If America’s original sin is slavery, the original sin of the church is anti-Judaism and antisemitism. Before the New Testament was fully written. we see evidence of it... If you look at the passion accounts in the four Gospels in chronological order, you see Rome...
02715 – Spirituality, Humanity, & Religiosity
If your spirituality denies someone else's humanity, it isn't spirituality; it is hatred wrapped up in religiosity.
02694 – Evil vs. Good
When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.-------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: When evil...
02625 – Want Loving Feelings? Do Loving Things
Still, I know that if you want to have loving feelings, instead of doom and hatred, you do loving things—care for the lonely and sick, feed the hungry, welcome strangers, treat yourself gently, call an incredibly annoying relative just to say hello.
02482 – During Great Revolutionaries’ Lifetimes…
During the lifetime of great revolutionaries, the oppressing classes have visited relentless persecution on them and received their teaching with the most savage hostility, the most furious hatred, the most ruthless campaign of lies and slander. After their death,...
02376 – Choose to Offer True Hope
Those who choose, even on a small scale, to love in the midst of hatred and fear are the people who offer true hope to our world.
02359 – Hatred vs. Love
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
02314 – Prayer
Let the rain come and wash awaythe ancient grudges, the bitter hatredsheld, and nurtured over generations.Let the rain wash away the memoryof the hurt, the neglect.Then let the sun come out andfill the sky with rainbows.Let the warmth of the sun heal uswherever we are...
02279 – Tragically Flawed by Our Self-Centeredness
The scriptural telling begins with how tragically flawed we are by our self-centeredness – Adam blaming Eve, Cain bashing Abel – and how slow we are to realize it – Samson with Delilah, David with Bathsheba.... But one day a man named Jesus appeared out of nowhere who...