Reclaiming Our Humanity
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” – Robin Williams
Choose This Day
“To lend each other a hand… perhaps that’s the only work that matters in the end.” – Frederick Buechner
Fear and God
“I don’t fear God; I fear his believers.” – Stephen Hawking
A New Normal
“God utters me like a word containing a partial thought of him…” — Thomas Merton
The Practical Pursuit of the Wrong Things
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” – Stephen Covey
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 […]
Serenity Now!!!
“The Devil never rejoices more than when he robs a servant of God of his peace of heart.” – Francis of Assisi Stillness is vital to survival. In society today, we hear quite the opposite message day and night, from the masses that derive significance within achievement and attainment. The message of today is much […]
Worthy of so much more…
“Man, I gotta be honest with you, I’m not looking for that. I’m looking for something bigger. I’m looking for a dare to be great situation.” – Lloyd Dobbler Many of us may only remember the culmination of Lloyd Dobbler’s greatest moment, holding high above his head the blaring words of Peter Gabriel’s “In your […]
Keeping up appearances
“The Pharisee within usurps my true self whenever I prefer appearances to reality, whenever I am afraid of God, whenever I surrender control of my soul to rules rather than risk living in union with Jesus, when I choose to look good and not be good; when I prefer appearances to reality. – Brennan Manning […]
Security out of Risk
“Honesty before God requires the most fundamental risk of faith we can take; the risk that God is good, that God does love us unconditionally. It is in taking the risk that we rediscover our dignity. To bring the truth to ourselves, just as we are, to God, just as God is, is the most […]