“If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” – Chuck Palahniuk An infinite number of introductions begin with a simple gesture and a polite, “What do you do? The simplicity ends the moment the answer becomes difficult. Many times the innocence of context […]
“I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance – waiting for the bathroom.” – Bob Hope Waiting. We’re all waiting for something. Many of us are feeling the middle of a specific timetable. When we look at our experiences in life, much of it is spent between places where we know, […]
“All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a promise in their hearts that guided them toward the future without the need to know exactly what it would look like. Let’s live with hope.” – Henri J. M. Nouwen […]
“The illusion of control is truly pathetic, but it is also hilarious. Deciding what I need most out of life, carefully calibrating my next move, and generally allowing my autonomous self to run amok inflates my sense importance and reduces the God of my incredible journey to the role of spectator from the sidelines.” – […]
“Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness” – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy There is an immense joy in the Spirit of the Lord. C.S. Lewis contends that God is the most joyful being who has ever […]
“Quit keeping score altogether and surrender yourself with all your sinfulness to God who sees neither the score nor the score-keeper, but only his child redeemed by Christ.” – Thomas Merton We live in a society which is obsessed with freedoms. More appropriately we are experiencing a culture which is preoccupied with a distorted realization […]
“One imponderable trait of the human psyche is its ability to make irrational judgments about worthwhile human investments along with its refusal to view life in light of eternity.” – Brennan Manning Grace is the mantle we live under. It is by grace that we have access to the God of the Ages. The idea […]
“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” – Martin Luther King, Jr Amidst times of trials and troubles we have an ability to find refuge in the Father. This is the safe haven we see Christ seeking though out his ministry on earth. It is pivotal […]
