It is so simple... The one thing is--love thy neighbor as thy self--that is the one thing. That is all, nothing else is needed. You will instantly find how to live.
02281 – Love Thy Neighbor
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02280 – Candles of Advent
I will light candles this Christmas,Candles of joy despite all the sadness,Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,Candles of courage for fears ever present,Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,Candles of love to inspire...
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...
02275 – Way to Love
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.
02269 – Security in the Grace of God
I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace of God than to live in some kind of pietistic illusion of moral excellence. My faith isn't in the idea that I'm more moral than anybody else. My faith is in the idea...
02268 – The Transformative Power of Love
The transformative power of love is the foundation for all meaningful social change.
02267 – Dangerous Narcissism
I am often struck by the dangerous narcissism fostered by spiritual rhetoric that pays so much attention to individual self-improvement and so little to the practice of love within the context of community.
02260 – God’s Divine Love
God does not give Divine Love except to people who really want this, choose this, and say "yes" to this. Divine Love is so pure that it never manipulates, shames, or forces itself on anyone. Love waits to be invited and desired, and only then rushes in.
02243 – Both War & Peace are Waged
It's not just hating war, despising war, sitting back and waiting for war to end. It's not just loving peace, wanting peace, sitting back and waiting for peace to come. Peace plans its strategy and encircles the enemy. Peace marshals its forces and storms the gates....
02234 – Tears: Not the Mark of Weakness
Tears...are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.