Into the Heart of Every Christian – Aug. 18, 2022
“As I understand it, into the heart of every Christian, Christ comes, and Christ goes. When, by his Grace, the landscape of the heart becomes vast and deep and limitless, then Christ makes His abode in that graceful heart, and His will prevails. The experience is recognized as Peace. In the absence of this experience […]
Coming Home – Nov. 27, 2020
“Appreciating God’s longing for us to come home is the moment we open our eyes to grace: forgiveness is not earned—and it draws a line under what has gone before. It says that no matter what you’ve done or left undone, no matter how unlovable you think you are, God’s love, which heals all, is […]
Hear My Sorrow – Oct. 1, 2020
O God, while above this day, the heavens in your majesty chant of glory and splendor… I fashion the hand-jerk gesture, lurid epithet, and horn-blast salute on my commute.I loose the maddening shriek over unrinsed toothpaste in the sink.I mutter the predictable whine about emptying the trash.I stew in the sullen silence of a seasoned […]
Care in Community – Mar. 6, 2020
“By the honest recognition and confession of our human sameness we can participate in the care of God who came, not to the powerful but powerless, not to be different but the same, not to take our pain away but to share it. Through this participation we can open our hearts to each other and […]