The cave you fear holds the treasure you seek.
04164 – Addressing Fear
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04108 – God Forgive Us
God forgive us for selling out our great intellectual treasure—the gospel of God with us—for a mess of psychobabble and pragmatic, utilitarian, self-help triviality.
03975 – Broken Hearts
Don't dismiss the heart, even if it's filled with sorrow. God's treasures are buried in broken hearts.
03494 – Church: Worth the Effort
I still love the church. I love the church universal, as well as the church local (red brick, white-columned with deacons smoking in the parking lot). With all of its dysfunction and flesh marks, with all of its confusion and humanity, it is still the best thing God...
03155 – Death Evokes 2 Great Needs
Death of a loved one is a tear in the social fabric…it evokes two great needs, both of them very public. First, the body must be cared for and given disposition. Second, the community needs to tell once more the story of the life of the one who has died and the...
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...
02370 – Blessing of the Magi
There is no reversingthis road.The path that bore you heregoes in one direction only,every step drawing youdown a wayby which you will notreturn.You thought arrivalwas everything,that your entire journeyended with kneelingin the placeyou had spent allto find.When you...
02351 – The Happiest People
The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments.
02246 – Terrors vs. Christ
Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.” -Calvin Miller, Letters to a Young Pastor
01948 – Friends: Couriers of Grace
Friends become couriers of grace, conduits of heaven's grace. Those of us who need much grace come to treasure good friends.