BE HATCHED OR GO BAD
C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) wrote, “The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very […]
August 2019
WORLDMAKING
Wendell Berry, writer, poet, farmer and activist wrote, “The Bible leaves no doubt at all about the sanctity of the act of worldmaking, or of […]
CHALLENGE OF TRUTH
Mary van Balen, author and spiritual director, writes,“We are often afraid of the truth. Rather than experiencing it as a way to experiencing a deeper […]
POLITICS AND RELIGION #3
After Jesus was arrested he was eventually taken into the court of Pilate (Pontius Pilate was the sixth Roman procurator of Judea). There we have […]
POLITICS AND RELIGION #2
It is very clear that Jesus was not interested in the kind of philosophy and theology that mixed religion and politics. Conservative Christian is not […]
POLITICS AND RELIGION #1
There is perhaps no greater ticking timed bomb than the mixture of politics and religion. Following Christ is not a political or cultural decision…it is […]
PRECIOUS TIME
Seneca the Younger (4 BC-65 AD), the brilliant philosopher and statesman, wrote, “Set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which […]
THE PLAN FOR HUMILITY
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “The Plan for Humility.” The Plan for HumilityI have a three-step plan for humility:1. Never pretend.2. Never presume.3. Never push.“For everyone […]
HARDENED GIVER
I am more and more becoming a Hardened Giver. Churches, Ministries, Christian Organizations, Humane Societies, Smile Train for Cleft Palates, The Salvation Army, Orphans in […]
WALKING ON WATER #2
(See yesterday’s Journal to continue the thought today). Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I., author and president of Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio, Texas writes, “What we […]