We need a mystical spirituality of “somebodiness.” Not to be confused with celebrity status or self-righteousness, there is a need for a deep sense of knowing who we are as human beings.
03635 – A Sense of “Somebodiness”
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03255 – Faith was Intended to be…
Faith was never intended to be a destination, a status, a holding tank, or a warehouse. Instead, it was to be a road, a path, a way out of old and destructive patterns into new and creative ones. If a spiritual community only points back to where it has been, or if it...
02683 – Paddington Bear Story
In the late 1930s-1940s, Michael Bond, author of Paddington Bear, saw Jewish refugee children (Kindertransport children) walking through London's Reading Station, arriving in Britain escaping from the Nazi horrors of Europe. Mr. Bond, touched by what he saw, recalled...
02599 – Human Life is Sacred
Human life is sacred: this means that God has consecrated each and every human being—without exception and in all circumstances—as a unique, incalculably precious being of elevated status and dignity. from Introducing Christian Ethics
02496 – Jesus Was Single, Childless, & Homeless
Dear Christians who feel the need to talk about singleness as if it is a sin and to bully single people— as if they are somehow defective and deficient unless another human being is standing next to them. Jesus was single, childless and homeless and you follow him,...
02071 – Nothing is More Important than Empathy
Nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.
01970 – May The Way I Live be Acceptable, O God
May the words of my mouth and...the motives in my heart,...the appointments on my calendar,...the texts on my phone,...the posts on my page,...the allocations in my portfolio,...the steps on my Fitbit,...the history on my search engine,...the books on my Kindle,...the...
00440 – Belief Can Be a Burden
Far from putting doubts to rest, religion has the effect of intensifying them. It judges those who profess faith more harshly than it judges unbelievers. It holds them up to a standard of conduct so demanding that many of them inevitably fall short… For those who take...
00163 – Compassion Counts
I’m not interested in whether you’ve stood with the great; I’m interested in whether you’ve sat with the broken.”