I think there is no suffering greater than by the doubts of those who want to believe. I know what torment this is, but can only see it, in myself anyway, as the process by which faith is deepened. What people don't realize is how much religion costs. They think faith...
What we had done was to seek out, in our chosen home community, those things that were the most meaningful to us. We realized that it is all too easy to ignore the natural beauty and simple pleasure right around us and to complain instead about dull surroundings or...
Beware systems and identities that need: 1. A Strongmanand2. A Scapegoat There will be no end of violence when these two exist. They legitimate and fuel each other. Jesus demonstrates how demonically futile the Strongman/Scapegoat mechanism is in his death and...
It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature’s gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.
Remember when you thought God didn’t hear/accept your prayers unless you said or thought them in just the “correct” way? Then you woke up and realized God cares more about you and the cry of your heart than about any prescribed formula for how to pray. God’s Love is...
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
You have the healing touch, even if you may not realize it. It is not a supernatural gift, but a common gift, one given to us all. We are born to be healers, along with other vocations, to help us navigate this world as vulnerable beings. We have the power to hear one...
In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is...
In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
Different faiths help us realize the immensity of God.