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Dr Thomas Jay Oord States God Can’t: Calling us partner with the God who can
The terrorizing of small children has cultural precedence
Resolutions should be liberating, for oneself, and for others.
Is the Holy Spirit a bit grabby?
There's the belief in synergy and how the total group effort is greater than the sum of its parts.
We would take walks through the Salford church cemetery, with stones dating back to the mid-18th century. John spoke of these people as if he had known them personally.
Some bells cannot be unrung, even the memory of the sound may still bring grief. But new bells, new ringing can be sounded and bring healing.
we've known it's been coming down for quite sometime
The stories we tell create the reality we experience and the future we move toward.
Every moment holds the potential for shinning a divine light. What if God's divine light wasn't a surprise, but a regularly seen gift?
Seeing daily routines - habits, chores, mindfully engaged - as opportunities to know God's grace and presence...
“But ask the animals, and they will teach you…In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of every human being.” Job 12.7,10
Over the course of the last several months, I have noticed the routine behaviors I carry out. Many of them are daily, and most all of them are mundane and filled with potential for vacuous meaninglessness. So I need to wake up and seek the patterns God is tracing in the daily routines.
if it wasn’t for my spiritual director’s collar, she would have face planted in the gutter
What have you done?...Luke makes it clear that is not the relevant question. "Greetings, favored one. The Lord is with you." As all of God's great works among humankind, this too begins with God's initiative, not our achievement.
Over the course of the last several months, I have noticed the routine behaviors I carry out. Many of them are daily, and most all of them are mundane and filled with potential for vacuous meaninglessness. So I need to wake up and seek the patterns God is tracing in the daily routines.
Over the course of the last several months, I have noticed the routine behaviors I carry out. Many of them are daily, and most all of them are mundane and filled with potential for vacuous meaninglessness.
Advent is a season to be satisfied with the less-than-ultimate, the "already/not yet" nature of God's reign, the penultimate. This grasping for the ultimate is something even Jesus was unwilling to do (Phil 2).
A few mornings ago, as I was walking to, for some reason I started to contemplate "purity". I usually contemplate more immediate issues like: what will I make for supper? are hard wood floors easier to clean than carpets? do I have enough in the checking account to pay all the bills?
The Descent from the Cross c. 1435, Rogier van der Weyden