Who would stick around to wrestle a dark angel all night long if there were any chance of escape? The only answer I can think of is this: someone in deep need of blessing; someone willing to limp fore...
Wisdom is not gained by knowing what is right. Wisdom is gained by practicing what is right, and noticing what happens when that practice succeeds and when it fails. Wise people do not have to be cert...
You only need to lose track of who you are, or who you thought you were supposed to be, so that you end up lying flat on the dirt floor basement of your heart. Do this, Jesus says, and you will live.
You shall love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Those most likely to befriend strangers, in other words, are those who have been strangers themselves. The best way to grow em...
About that too, ma’am, he said, writing up her citation, but what made
As she went. Her head bent so far underneath her that I feared her neck would break. Finally the Jeep stopped at the edge of the water. Ed and I helped the ranger unchain her and flip her back over. T...
Being ordained is not about serving God perfectly but about serving God visibly, allowing other people to learn whatever they can from watching you rise and fall.
But I know that I have an easier time loving humankind than I do loving particular human beings.
Here is the testimony of faith: darkness is not dark to God; the night is as bright as the day.
The degree to which we believe our faith is what makes us human is the same degree to which we will question the humanity of those who do not share our faith.7
When we run from darkness, how much do we really know about what we are running from? If we turn away from darkness on principle, doing everything we can to avoid it because there is simply no telling...
Showing 121 to 131 of 131 results