Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self.
02601 – Lent is Designed to be Life-Giving
Dear ones, the world in which we live is challenging and complicated enough without intentionally adding to our burdens. There is no spiritual discipline commended to our embrace that is designed just to make us feel badly. There is no labor suggested in our tradition...
02535 – Stop Trying to Do God’s Work!
Stop trying to protect, judge, manage the lives around you. Remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God’s business. Even your own life is not your business. It also is God’s business. Leave it to God. It can become a...
02517 – Spirit-Infused Self-Control
God did not give you the spirit of control over others, nor did God give others the spirit of control over you, but instead God gave you the spirit of self-control, of self-discipline, and self-moderation. Because the Holy Spirit lives in you, you are...
02341 – “A Prayer for the New Year”
God,Grant that I may pass through the coming year with a faithful heart. There will be much to test me and make weak my strength before the year ends.In my confusion I shall often say the word that is not true and do the thing of which I am ashamed. There will be...
02271 – Redemption of a Religion
By some amazing but vastly creative spiritual insight the slave undertook the redemption of a religion that the master had profaned in his midst.