“Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same… Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship… Read More »
Toss the Whipping Stick
“…occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.” ~ Elizabeth Wurtzel One thing is for sure; life is hard. The world can be a dark and lonely place to live and regularly broadcast what a… Read More »
The Lord “is” or “my” Shepherd?
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” ~ Alexander the Great Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my shepherd. I lack nothing. 2 He lets me rest in grassy meadows; he leads me to restful waters; 3 he… Read More »
Rise Up
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~ Confucius From the moment we learn to walk, we discover what it means to fall. We fall in all kinds of ways. We fall physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We say things like “I have fallen out of touch… Read More »
Come in Out of The Rain
“The average person is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” ~ Colin Wilson Without rain, creation perishes. Yet, when stuck in the rain, especially a cold rain, coupled with high winds, and lighting it’s scary, and we can’t wait for it to be over. The… Read More »
Lifting Up The Lives of Others
“My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.” ~ Mavis Staples For a person of faith and one who has enjoyed liberation over their hurts, habits, and hang-ups comes a considerable responsibility to lift the spirits of others. Our purpose is to create a spiritual environment where others can experience comfort and peace… Read More »
Birth, Sickness, Old Age, and Death
“The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering; decrepitude is suffering; sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering; to be separated from a beloved one is suffering; to be vainly struggling to satisfy one’s needs is suffering. In fact, a life that is not free from desire and… Read More »
Well Done Good and Faithful Trusted Servant
“God’s faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his first and greatest aim is to hear what is most pleasing to God.” ~ Saint Augustine The most extraordinary experience and contribution you can ever make to the world and… Read More »
God + You = Love Story
“People say all the time ‘I don’t have a good testimony’ because they think their story has to involve some dramatic story of change from ‘bad’ to ‘good.’ But Jesus didn’t come to save people this way. Sin doesn’t make us bad it makes us dead. Jesus came to save by bringing the dead to… Read More »
The Purpose of the Cross
“When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord.” ~ Pope Francis If asked about the… Read More »
