Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deep enough.
01695 – Explore the World
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01664 – Loving and Criticizing America
I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. from Notes of a Native Son
01653 – We All Need Hope
We all need hope. No sparkling promises or wishes. No well laid intentions or plans. Hope. Four letters. Four letters that carry the weight of our whole world and all of our life hidden in the depth of their meaning. Whether we are waiting on a check to arrive, a door...
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...
01642 – Jesus Follower?
Over 50 years ago LBJ's Kerner Commission (1968) predicted that the US was quickly “moving toward two societies, one black, one white—-separate but unequal.” The most recent statistic I’ve found is that three-quarters of white Americans “don’t have a single nonwhite...
01631 – World Peace
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
01630 – The Closer They Come…
Imagine that the world is a circle, that God is the center, and that the radii are the different ways human beings live. When those who wish to come closer to God walk towards the center of the circle, they come closer to one another at the same time as to God. The...
01628 – What is Laughter?
Laughter is the hand of God on the shoulder of a troubled world.
01626 – God’s Presence is Everywhere
We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito. from Letters to Malcolm-------------------------------------------Gender-neutral version: We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence...
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...