True friends are those rare people who come to find you in dark places and lead you back to the light.
03736 – True Friends
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03732 – We’ve Already Decided
We will believe so many myths about the people we’ve already decided not to love.
03708 – Divine Diversity
God has two binary commands. 1) Love God 2) Love your neighbor as yourself. Two commands that encompass and encapsulate all. Not three, not five, not ten. Two binary commands. Yet, many Christians have added so much to these binary commands. Conditions, hate,...
03698 – Pursued by God
The Bible tells of flawed people--people just like me--who make shockingly bad choices and yet still find themselves pursued by God.
03694 – Don’t “Make Room for” Bigotry
When you hear someone "making room" for bigotry embedded in state law or church polity, look at who they are. If they are not one of the people oppressed by that policy, but they're making room for it, they are complicit in the oppression, not at all a neutral...
03693 – Don’t Complain…Ever
It takes too much energy to feel sorry for yourself; to regret things. I like movement. So does the earth; so does God; so do all the smart people. I want to be on good terms with the earth and God and the smart people, so I keep moving and changing. Whatever you...
03630 – Show Up!
I've learned, over many years, that church isn't about order or quiet or even ritual so much as it is about showing up. For yourself, for God, and for the people around you who need to feel--just as you do--that the blessings and burdens of being a human are not...
03629 – Shouting Blurs God’s Image
People who are shouting at each other are incapable of seeing the image of God in one another.
03609 – Convictions, Growth, & Admiration
Convictions must be allowed to grow. We admire people of strong convictions, and we should. We must give even more admiration to those who manage to hold strong convictions while questioning them, reconsidering them, changing them, and fitting them to tough and...
03605 – Diversity and Jesus
If you want more aging white liberals, talk about diversity. If you want more diverse people, talk about Jesus, and see what sorts of diverse people he draws to himself.