PLAYING AROUND
Steindl-Rast writes, “Play needs no purpose. That is why play can go on and on as long as players find it meaningful. After all, we […]
March 2017
WARRING FAITH
We need to fight for freedom with warring faith. Something in us must rise up to call on God to destroy the enemies of his […]
THANKFUL FOR FULLNESS
onsider the ‘fullness of God’ in meditation this early morning, I am keenly aware of the worship and mystery in considering such things. Worship leads […]
STANDARD LOVE
As I meditate this morning there is an on-going question that comes to my mind. I have wrestled with this issue for a long time […]
ON BEING IMPARTIAL
“Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.” G K Chesterton (1874-1936) To claim total impartiality is a rather […]
OUR CALLING
OUR CALLING “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,because the Lord has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me […]
DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION
“Dialogue” comes from the Greek word dialogos. Logos means “the word,” or in our case we would think of the “meaning of the word.” And […]
GODLESS GOD
Several years ago I had a dream and I heard this: “To believe with a faithless faith and pray a prayerless prayer and belong to […]
GROWING PAINS
Carolyn Forche, American writer and poet, wrote, “Spiritual growth is achieved with passion, difficulty, and intensity as much as it is achieved by peace, silence, […]
INTERNAL EXCELLENCE
Excellence is inward. It is who we are when no one is looking. Outward excellence is motivated from within or our outward excellence will often […]