God is with the vulnerable and the poor. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is in the cries heard under the rubble of war. God is in the debris of wasted opportunities and lives. God is with us, if we are with them.
According to Matthew, the whole grand experiment hangs on what happens with Joseph... The child is Joseph's until he says otherwise...the issue at stake is not a biological one but a legal one... Will he believe the impossible and give it a home or will he stick with...
Memories of our lives, our works, and our deeds will continue in the lives of others.
We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Learning how to let something go frees up our lives for new opportunities and perspectives.
All worldly honors are nothing but the smoke and fire of burning straw. All that remains is the little good that we have done, if we have managed to make the most of the grace which our good Lord has given us at every instant of our lives.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORD 'NONVIOLENCE' is that people think they know what nonviolence is apart from Christ. Then nonviolence becomes a marker more determinative than Jesus – it conceives peace apart from the crucifixion. But in reality, discipleship is the defining...
A friend once said to some young boys in my presence, "We all do stupid things in our lives. But don't make a career of it."