Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.
04264 – No Longer America?
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04135 – Curate Your Life
Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you're left only with what you love, with what's necessary, with what makes you happy.
03972 – Prosperity Gospel?
"Prosperity gospel" is saying certain principles, behaviors, practices, and obedience is necessary for God's blessing. If it's essentially "God wants you to do X and you (or your children) will be Y," that's a transactional relationship with God.
03727 – By Any Means Necessary?
Gentleness is a fruit of the Spirit. Meekness is a teaching of Jesus. Humility is the way God became human. Beware of any Christian movement that advocates otherwise, especially in the political sphere. It is simply trying to justify its own power by any means...
03663 – Listen to the Lifegiving Voice
Personally, I don't think I've ever heard the devil's voice before; but if I have, it bears a really strong resemblance to my own. It is the taunting voice always hovering in the periphery in my head, waiting for me to make a mistake so it can pounce on the failure...
03595 – Embracing Grief & Mourning
We don't need to be joined at the head with a person experiencing grief; we need to be joined at the heart. The transformation of our culture into one that embraces grief and mourning as natural and necessary parts of human life is my vision. from Companioning the...
03592 – Not Dead Yet!
I don't deny that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead...
02565 – War is a Crime
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
02143 – Practice Resurrection
Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
01943 – What is Biblical Mysticism?
Biblical mysticism is the attempt to exit "this world" to an alternative reality that pervades the old order. Its goal is to jettison the mind-set that says "greed is good," "selfishness is normal," and "killing is necessary." Mysticism in biblical terms is not...