People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do.
01732 – Why Does God Allow Suffering?
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01696 – The Task of Christianity
It is not the task of Christianity to provide easy answers to every question, but to make us progressively aware of a mystery. God is not so much the object of our knowledge as the cause of our wonder.
01693 – Religion: Enemy of God?
I often wonder if religion is the enemy of God. It's almost like religion is what happens when the Spirit has left the building.
01648 – When We Come To It
We, this people, on this small and drifting planet Whose hands can strike with such abandon That in a twinkling, life is sapped from the living Yet those same hands can touch with such healing, irresistible tenderness That the haughty neck is happy to bow And the...
01620 – Looking for Happiness?
We spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder. To be alive and walk on the Earth is a miracle, and yet most of us are running as if there were some better place to get to. from The Power of Quiet in a World Full of...
01330 – John vs. Pop TV Preachers
John's testimonials are lacking in content and repetitious: "Look! The Lamb of God!" Yet on the basis of his witness two of his followers become Jesus' first disciples. Having seen, John testifies so that others might see... As Karl Barth said, anybody who stops on...
01298 – Pausing to Wonder
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand in rapt awe is as good as dead, for his eyes are closed. ------------------------------Pluralized version: Those who can no longer pause to wonder and stand in rapt awe are as good as dead, for their eyes are closed.
01027 – Revolutionary Love
“Love” is more than a feeling. Love is a form of sweet labor: fierce, bloody, imperfect, and life-giving—a choice we make over and over again. If love is sweet labor, love can be taught, modeled, and practiced. This labor engages all our emotions. Joy is the gift of...
00929 – There is Wonder All Around Us
There is wonder all around us, and it is God’s will to fill us with that wonder that makes life enchanting and sacred. We cannot help but sing when that happens. Maybe that is why, of all the religions in the world, there is none with the wealth of music that the...
00723 – There is but One God
There is but one God, “in whom we live and move and have our being,” and when we worship we stand before the mystery of that deep and eternal Reality to whom we give different names. From Jews, we learn of God’s faithfulness; from Muslims, of God’s sovereignty and...