We have bowed too low for too long at the personal altar of individualism. We need one another. We need the church, the family of faith.
02890 – We Need One Another
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02717 – Shalom
The Hebrew term for peace is shalom, which is related to the word shleimut, meaning full or whole. Shalom requires radical inclusion — we can’t be whole unless everybody is included — and harmony — it can’t be peaceful unless all the diverse peoples commit to getting...
02583 – The World Sees the Church…
The world is not impressed by a church where everyone who is essentially the same is getting along with each other. The world needs to see the church practice what is extremely difficult to accomplish: an incredibly diverse group of people loving and advocating for...
2430 – Cultivating Deep Friendships
Friendship is a deep oneness that develops when two people, speaking the truth in love to one another, journey together to the same horizon.
02288 – Differences? We Need Each Other
Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
02071 – Nothing is More Important than Empathy
Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.
01996 – Humans Behaving Badly
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
01798 – Fear of Abandonment
Our deepest fear is that we will be abandoned, left alone. When Christ-followers say, "God be with you" or "Peace be with you," they are speaking directly to something primal, addressing one another's fear with strong reminders of God's abiding presence.
01763 – What Does Our Framing Story Tell Us?
If it [our framing story] tells us that the purpose of life is for individuals or nations to accumulate an abundance of possessions and to experience the maximum amount of pleasure during the maximum number of minutes of our short lives, then we will have little...
01630 – The Closer They Come…
Imagine that the world is a circle, that God is the center, and that the radii are the different ways human beings live. When those who wish to come closer to God walk towards the center of the circle, they come closer to one another at the same time as to God. The...