“To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something” ~ Laozi When you hear the word enlightenment, before heading to google for definitions, how would you define it? Have you experienced it? If yes, how do you know for sure? The word enlightened comes from the Latin prefix en meaning “in,… Read More »
Learning To Love What God Loves
“The love of God does not consist in tears or in this delight ad tenderness, which for the greater part we desire and find consolation in, but it consists in serving with justice and fortitude of soil and in humility. Without such service, it seems to me we would be receiving everything and giving nothing.”… Read More »
Support and Accountability Need Each Other
“Support without accountability promotes moral weakness; accountability without support is a form of cruelty.” ~ John Wesley We all need support and accountability to grow spiritually and to be our very best. If parents provide a home for their children to live in, but there are no rules or expectations for the house, it will… Read More »
The System of Caste
“There is only one caste… the caste of humanity. There is only one religion… the religion of love. There is only one language… the language of the heart.” ~ Sathya Sai Baba Have you ever heard of the word caste? Not the word used to reference someone wearing a cast due to an injury, but… Read More »
All Jammed Up
“Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody, and chances are you’re probably going to invest in somebody who’s going to deceive you. I’ve been conned a couple of times, but now I’m a little savvier.” ~ Maggie Gyllenhaal Have you ever heard of the term jamming? In rural America, this would mean… Read More »
Name It To Claim It
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer In May of 1981, Joe Walsh released the song “A Life of Illusion.” This song highlights that humans spend much of their lives lost in confusion and living a life… Read More »
Change, an Idea, or Reality?
“Most people are more in love with the idea of changing the world than actually changing the world.” ~ Eugene Cho When it comes to change, how do you measure up? Are you an idealist or a change-maker? Does change scare you, or do you embrace change? Most of us want to know the outcome… Read More »
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
“The issue I focus on the most is extreme poverty. I think it’s kind of out of sight, out of mind. I wish there would be more stories about that to connect people to what’s happening. To personalize it, to make it real to people, to inspire them to action.” ~ John Legend Have you… Read More »
Justice, Righteousness, and Shalom
“There is no peace in Southern Africa. There is no peace because there is no justice. There can be no real peace and security until there be first justice enjoyed by all the inhabitants of that beautiful land. The Bible knows nothing about peace without justice, for that would be crying “peace, peace, where there… 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 »
