So it may be said that the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all the means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.
02650 – The Chief Purpose of Life
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02311 – Practice a Deeper Christmas
Christmas is a 12-day feast. It begins on the evening of December 24th and ends on the evening of January 5th, or Twelfth Night. Practice a deeper Christmas. Stay with the story of the human God. It means so much that God is one of us. The mystery is too great for one...
01975 – Beware You’re Not a Fiery, Persecuting Enthusiast!
Beware you are not a fiery, persecuting enthusiast. Think for yourself, and let others do likewise. Use no constraint in matters of religion. Even those who are farthest out of the way should never be compelled to come by any means other than reason, truth, and love.
01893 – Liberty’s Meaning
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
01570 – Never Stop Loving!
I look around and see so much fear, people getting more and more comfortable with their hate, more at ease being mean, more united in their division. And I think, NO. Not me. I will not get lost in this fearful world. I will not play with bullies. I will continue to...
01563 – Intellectualism vs. Ignorance
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
01539 – Peace and Conflict
Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
01450 – Homesick for Intimacy
I have the sense that part of what it means to be human is that, on this side of Jordan, even on my best days I will always feel a little homesick for intimacy with my Creator.
01196 – Doing Good
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.