Unbiased Love – July 14, 2022
“We need unbiased love toward entire humanity, entire sentient beings, irrespective of what their attitude is toward us. So your enemies are still human brothers and sisters, so they also deserve our love, our respect, our affection. That’s unbiased love. You might have to resist your enemies’ actions, but you can love them as brother […]
Pure Joy
This Sunday’s gospel story, often called The Parable of the Good Samaritan, tells us how to live well and be happy: “Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.”* Obviously, sadly, there’s something most of us on this […]
Fear – July 7, 2022
“Find those who tell you Do not be afraid, yet stay close enough to tremble with you. This is a love.” –Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh, p. 90
Calling – July 5, 2022
“Would you believe I have known seasons in which even the cadence of my voice has changed so that I might belong to a group of people whose stories and thoughts and ways were never anything like mine? But each year I know love and belonging—a love that doesn’t require sacrifice at the door of […]