There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
01408 – More Faith in Honest Doubt than Creeds
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01398 – The Proper Use of Money
The proper use of money is not for living high down here; that would be a very poor investment indeed. No, the proper use of money is for investing as much of it as possible in the lives of people, so that we will have treasure in heaven. Of course, we need to keep a...
01396 – Silence About Things that Matter
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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.
01363 – Why is the World Dangerous?
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
01352 – Competition vs. Privilege
Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.
01348 – The Body of Christ
The stories of the Resurrection, as hard as they are for modern ears to comprehend, mean that the life Jesus lived and the project he pursued (the Kingdom of God) did not perish at the crucifixion, but continued in the lives of those who carried on what he had begun....
01346 – Pain is Part of our Humanity
My own pain in life has taught me that the first step to healing is not a step away from the pain but a step toward it. When brokenness is, in fact, just as intimate a part of our being as our chosenness and our blessedness, we have to dare to overcome our fear and...
01340 – Trusting God’s Presence at Our Worst Times
The alligator--the chaos, the storm, the danger, the divorce, the illness, the crisis--and the human response--what you and I do in the midst of chaos--and the presence of God in chaos--these are profound issues of faith. And the stories about chaos and God and us are...
01321 – God IS Love!
To love is to know God precisely because God is love. The emerging community, at its best, can teach us again that love must be the first word on our lips and also the last, and that we must seek to incarnate that sacred word in the world. I recently heard a...