Give Up the Quest for Middle Ground
Introspection is something we do to ourselves. It’s not to be confused with Inner Examination, which is something the Holy Spirit does.
Introspection is something we do to ourselves. It’s not to be confused with Inner Examination, which is something the Holy Spirit does.
In “the Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus brings all the attributes, character, roles and names of God under the covering of a perfect Father.
Perhaps Martha’s sense of self and worth were all wrapped up in properly performing her role while Mary’s sense of herself was all wrapped up in her relationship to Jesus.
Jesus rarely has “Gotcha” moments—instead, he proceeds to reveal the extravagance of divine love in ordinary human form.
The great danger of becoming “wise and learned” is of turning wisdom and learning into a form of status and prestige.
If my regard for myself is founded solely on the value accorded to me by the love of God, then I will love others on the basis of the very same value accorded to them by the love of God.
Lent reveals all the human possibilities of participating in the divine nature, whereby we may escape the corruption that is in the world and live extravagantly generous lives in the embrace of holy love.
Ash Wednesday opens the doorway to descent, the place where the truth of our mortality is met with the promise of eternity.
In the Kingdom of God we find the miraculous place where the more we are known the more we are loved.