Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service; love; sacrifice and courage.
00169 – When You Die
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00035 – Reading the Bible
It may sound easy to “allow the Spirit to guide us” while reading the Bible…but in a culture of consumerized Christianity it is also easy to stumble over preconceived notions about the Bible cluttering the path. Chief among such market-driven notions is that the Bible...
00020 – On Serving God
It is within my power either to serve God or not to serve him. Serving him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving him I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create. ————-Gender-neutral version: It...
00008 – Woundedness: Source of Shame or Healing?
Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, "How can we hide our wounds?" so we don't have to be embarrassed, but "How can we put our woundedness in the service of...