When we encounter a belief system or behavior claiming to be “Christian,” we must ask: Does this produce love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in me and in the world? If the answer is no, then the Holy Spirit is not...
To live in this world, we must learn how to stand in the tragic gap, the gap between what is and what could be, with faith and hope.
I’m mindful that for many of us, we have heard a lot of “no’s” in our lifetimes. Especially from people who think they are speaking for or defending God. Whether implicitly or explicitly, we’ve heard things like:"No, you’re not supposed to be asking questions like...
For God so loved the world that God made us for love. For God so loved the world that God incarnated love itself in the person of Jesus.For God so loved the world that God empowered us to love even our enemies, even the worst person on Twitter, even those who seem...
The day will come...when people will once more be called to speak the word of God in such a way that the world is changed and renewed. It will be in a new language, perhaps quite nonreligious language, but liberating and redeeming like Jesus's language, so that people...
Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
We are asking our children to carry loads that are way to heavy for them. They shouldn't be forced as children to see and feel the world through the lens of adults. Innocence is worth protecting and fighting for. We need to do our part as parents and caregivers to...
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be,...