You believe God looks at us from above, but He actually sees us from the inside.------------------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: You believe God looks at us from above, but God actually sees us from the inside.
Christian Nationalism is looking at Jesus’ three temptations and thinking he made the wrong choices.
The moment we Christians start looking for an authoritarian "strongman" to lead us is the moment we stop looking for the One who leads by washing feet, who rides a donkey instead of a warhorse, and who tells his followers to put away their swords and take up their...
Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
When you are emotionally, physically, or spiritually weary: stop, look, and find anyone or anything that helps you to say thank you. Being thankful is good medicine for whatever ails us.
And if you don't think you have anything to be grateful for, keep looking. Because you don't just receive optimism. You can't wait for things to be great and then be grateful for that. You've got to behave in a way that promotes that.
Don't look for peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.
High School Students: Be kind in high school. Be kind. One day you will get to look at your current classmates at a class reunion. You will get to do business with them in your hometown or elsewhere. You will get to teach your former classmates’ children, or doctor...
He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.----------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive...
Once you have given up knowing who is right, it is easy to see neighbors everywhere you look.