Truth Over Deception – Sep. 27, 2021
“Sin is about pretending that something is true when in fact it is not. Idolatry is pretending that something is divine and worthy of our devotion when in fact it is not… Repentance is about choosing truth over deception.” –Louis Newman, On Being interview with Krista Tippett [The readings this week are excerpted from Krista […]
On Being with Nadia Bolz-Weber – Sep. 17, 2020
“I say to people at our “welcome to house” brunches: I’m glad you love it here, but at some point, I will disappoint you, or the church will let you down. Please decide on this side of that happening if you will still stick around. Because if you leave, you will miss the way that […]
On Being with Seane Corn – Sep. 16, 2020
“I always pray for the people who have hurt and harmed me, and just when I think I’ve forgiven them, I forgive them again, because always that energy will rear its head… Otherwise, I’m holding onto that shadow of anger; and the inability to forgive, they say, is a poison you take hoping someone else […]
On Being with Ira Byock – Sep. 15, 2020
“You know, Lily Tomlin, another philosopher in our time, said that forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past… It involves accepting that the past cannot be changed, while recognizing that it need not control our future.” On Being with Krista Tippett – Ira Byock“Contemplating Mortality”: https://onbeing.org/programs/ira-byock-contemplating-mortality/
