Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.
02511 – Hardships
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02507 – Think Well, Write Well
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
02505 – Telling vs. Showing
Telling people that God loves them is good theology. Showing people that you love them is what transforms the world.
02495 – Religiosity Can Hurt People
When what we are offered in the Bible or what is reinforced by Tradition seems to contradict what we observe to be real, evangelicals have often been taught to submit to Scripture and Tradition and ignore the facts in front of us. But this kind of religiosity not only...
02468 – Don’t Ask. Help.
Do not ask your childrento strive for extraordinary lives.Such striving may seem admirable,but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life.Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples, and pears.Show them how...
02450 – A Story of Survival
Angel, a Jew, owner of the most famous bakery in Germany, often said: "Do you know why I'm alive today? I was still a teenager when Nazis in Germany killed Jews mercilessly. Nazis took us to Auschwitz by train. Last night in the ward was deadly cold. We were left for...
02437 – Dealing with Discomfort
Everything is dependent upon our ability to sit with discomfort, and not numb it, and not reject it, and not use it to hurt other people...everything beautiful comes from there.
02432 – The Ultimate Tragedy
The ultimate tragedy is not the cruelty and oppression by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
02431 – Unconditional Love Attracts
It is, I think, easy to underestimate the attracting power of unconditional love. But in the person of Jesus it was captivating to many people who lived when he lived, and has become the foundation for millions since… faithfulness in following Jesus’ call to...
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.