Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak and pray the same Word at the same time; in other words, because here they can unite in the Word. There should be singing, not only...
Those who have a voice must speak for the voiceless.
To pray...to listen to the voice of the One who calls us the "beloved," is to learn that voice excludes no one. Where I dwell, God dwells with me and where God dwells with me I find all my sisters and brothers.
Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice of an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder and lightning. from Church Dogmatics
Be kind to those who disagree. And be strong enough to be true to the most important relationship of all: the one with that little voice inside that keeps insisting that you know the way to go. from Beautiful and Terrible Things
"Be afraid, be very afraid," say the loud, noisy voices around us. "Do not fear, do not be afraid, for I am with you," says the still, small voice within us. Sometimes still and small is really good, really good indeed.
May the still small voice of Jesus always be the loudest voice in our hearts and minds.
If the Gospels were written now, we'd know more about the women in them, yet if in the kingdom of heaven the last are first, and if the kingdom is in part now, conversion involves readiness to hear more from and about women, and in the future surely almost all voices...
Personally, I don't think I've ever heard the devil's voice before; but if I have, it bears a really strong resemblance to my own. It is the taunting voice always hovering in the periphery in my head, waiting for me to make a mistake so it can pounce on the failure...
Matthew writes: “[Herod] sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under.” Jesus is born, but in Flannery O’Connor’s words, “at a devastating price.” No one knows how many children died; the New Testament alone documents the...