Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.
03288 – Beautiful Music–God’s Gift
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03013 – Our Obsession with Being Right
Our obsession with being right in our eschatological and theological arguments is an idolatrous impediment to sharing the gospel (which is meant as good news for all people in the here and now). The fear-induced pressure for us to somehow “save” people from a...
02911 – Faces of the Least of These
God is not a being separate from the human. If you do not and cannot see God in the face of the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, then you cannot see God at all. God is not an external being; God is present in the faces of the least of...
02877 – Welcome the Present Moment
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have so we might as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
02660 – It’s Okay…
It's okay to grieve and hope at the same time.It's okay to exhale all of your loss and sadness and pain and feel an aching emptiness words cannot express.And it's okay, in the very next breath, to inhale joy and expectation and assurance with all the strength you...
02491 – What is Spirituality?
Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. Spirituality is not about being fixed; it is about God being present in the mess of our unfixedness. from Messy Spirituality
02465 – Need to Borrow My Hope?
Hope is an expectation of good that is yet to be.It's an expression of the present alive with a sense of the possible.I try to find hope.And I share my hope with others who may need to borrow it. from 365 Days of Understanding Your Grief
02438 – Church & Story
The church, if it is going to be the church God designed it to be, must become a space for the full story of God’s artistic grace — the story about where we were, where we are now, and where we will be someday. from A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God's...
02417 – Compassion & Our Shared Humanity
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
02280 – Candles of Advent
I will light candles this Christmas,Candles of joy despite all the sadness,Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,Candles of courage for fears ever present,Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,Candles of love to inspire...