The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
04418 -The Bitterest Tears…
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04403 – What a Laugh can Do
I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.
04251 – Called to Minister?
My answer to a friend: There is no success in ministry, only service and moments of celebration. If you choose to minister, expect to be misunderstood. All of the pain people carry will fall upon your brow, and you shall be the stand-in for every ignorant statement...
04175 – Tears of Homelessness
I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.
04096 – Tears Express What is Close to Our Hearts
The Bible says that Jesus wept when He saw Mary weeping over the death of her brother. It records that Peter denied Jesus three times on the night of Jesus' arrest. When it dawned on Peter what an abject failure he was, he went out into the night and wept. Tears say...
04023 – Blessed are…
Blessed are the agnostics. Blessed are they who doubt. Those who aren’t sure, who can still be surprised. Blessed are they who are spiritually impoverished and therefore not so certain about everything that they no longer take in new information. Blessed are those who...
03695 – Tear it Down
Race will always support "white" supremacy. That's why it was created. It serves no other purpose and cannot be refurbished. Tear it down.
03193 – Building Bridges of Suffering & Joy
A few years ago, my son attended the funeral of a classmate whose life had been tragically cut short by an automobile accident. Though Stan did not know him very well as they were both relatively new to the school, he said the boy was “soft-spoken and very kind.”...
03177 – The Prize: Our Life Together
Love erases the line between giving and receiving. When love is present, we are all just sharing; there are no haves, there are no have nots, just people who need one another. The foolish distinction between who is giving and who is receiving, between who has much and...
03136 – Be Kind to Somebody Today
I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she...