Whether death comes from cancer or tsunami, grief is a language everyone speaks.
03092 – A Language Everyone Speaks
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02829 – No One Left to Speak for Me
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew....
02788 – People Will Never Forget
The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them. But they will never forget the kind of persons we are.
02502 – When I Say I Am a Christian
When I say ... "I am a Christian"I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."I'm whispering "I was lost,Now I'm found and forgiven."When I say ... "I am a Christian"I don't speak of this with pride.I'm confessing that I stumbleAnd need Christ to be my guide.When I say ... "I...
02295 – Courage is What it Takes…
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
02043 – A Wounded Healer
A wounded healer is someone who can listen to a person in pain without having to speak about his or her own wounds.
01768 – Praying
It doesn't have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don't try to make them elaborate, this isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another...
01762 – The Purpose of Spiritual Disciplines
The true purpose of all spiritual disciplines is to clear away whatever may block our awareness of that which is God in us... It will be in order to suggest certain simple aids to this end. One of these is the practice of silence, or quiet. As a child I was accustomed...
01657 – Society and Truth
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.
01606 – Walking with the Broken
How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great.