The Practical Pursuit of the Wrong Things
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” – Stephen Covey
Joshua Weir
The Love of a Savior
“Experiencing God’s love in Jesus Christ means experiencing that one has been unreservedly accepted, approved, infinitely loved, that one can and should accept one’s self and one’s neighbor.” – Walter Kasper In our lifestyles, we are often asked to be all things to all people. We are called on to give more and be returned […]
The Big Three…
“American Culture fosters and sustains a functional Trinitarian god of consumerism, hedonism and nationalism. Made in this image and likeness of such a god, we are committed to lives of possessiveness, pleasure and domination.” – John Kavanaugh We are facing some revolutionary times in the world right now. There is an atmosphere of assessment and […]
bff’s, bestie’s and the one who is closer than a brother…
“Never hate your enemy; it will only impair your judgment.” – Mario Puzo There is an old motto which many have lived by for years and years: “Looking out for # 1.” The ideas of self-preservation and personal best interest have been ideals that many have abided by their entire lives. The parameters with which […]
Life, Part II…
“The gospel message is being molded to suit an increasingly narcissistic culture. Conversion is proclaimed as the road to self-realization… Religion… as a way to help us uncover our human potential – our personal, social, and business success, that is. Modern conversion brings Jesus into our lives rather than bringing us into his. We are […]
Christ the Christian vs. Christ the Lord
“To continue to eye God primarily in terms of laws, obligations, and civil ordinances represents a retreat to a pre-Christian level of thought and rejection of Jesus Christ and the total sufficiency of his redeeming work.” – Brennan Manning. One of the things today facing us in the body of Christ is the public view […]
Times of Hope
“Christians are a source of hope to the extent that others can find in them a source of strength and joy.” – Brennan Manning We find the word “hope” on the lips of the masses these days. Hope in the inauguration of a new president, hope in the resurrection of the economy, and hope to […]
Transparency
“Without the purpose and work of Christ using me for his purpose, my contribution to this world would be an asphalt driveway in front of our home and a thousand lost golf balls.” – T. S. Elliot What do we illuminate in our own existence? Who do we reflect? When we interact with others, what […]
He is worthy
“There is no substance under the things with which you are clothed. You are hollow and your structure of pleasure and ambitions has no foundation. You are objectified in them. But they are all destined, by their very contingency, to be destroyed. And when they are gone there will be nothing left of you but […]
Let go… let God
“When you are faithful in silent meditation… you will slowly experience yourself in a deeper way. Because in this useless hour in which you do nothing “important” or urgent you have to come to terms with your basic powerlessness, you have to feel your fundamental inability to solve your or others problems or to change […]