My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side,for God is always right.
03471 – Experiencing Connection with the Divine
Amid the challenges of life, we seek--consciously or unconsciously--to experience that original connection with the Divine in ourselves and the world. God is on our side. God's loving energy courses through us, inspiring adventure and healing wounds. God is out to...
01450 – Homesick for Intimacy
I have the sense that part of what it means to be human is that, on this side of Jordan, even on my best days I will always feel a little homesick for intimacy with my Creator.
01441 – Despite the Gospel
Too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed--this, despite the Gospel. from Jesus and the Disinherited
01424 – Jesus Always Went where the Pain Was
There is no side to take in the Twelve Step Program! It is not a worthiness contest. There is only an absolutely necessary starting point! The experience of "powerlessness" is where we all must begin. And Alcoholics Anonymous (A. A.) is honest and humble enough to...
01372 – Eloquent Sermons
I am sometimes amazed, even alarmed, at the extent to which people judge ministers by their preaching, and preaching by its rhetoric. To do so is to make the entirely spurious but nearly universal assumption that God is better served by a poet than by an accountant....
00366 – Take Sides
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.