Love is equal parts attachment and suffering, and so one needs to search for a source of truth and grace big enough to embrace them both.
Catherine Meeks, Ph.D. | Posted 05.04.2012
Early in my life I was told to be careful how I treated strangers because I might be entertaining angels without realizing it. A few days ago a small clan of angels arrived on my patio without my invitation or knowledge.
Gangaji | Posted 04.14.2012
The word harmony evokes equilibrium and peace. When we idealize harmony we imagine the smooth melding of opposites. The music of life supporting us, internally and externally.
Holly Robinson | Posted 04.09.2012
No matter how short your life might be, or how deliciously long, why not cram in as much as you can? Sure, live in the moment, but glory in your past and plan for the future, too.
Gangaji | Posted 05.19.2012
The horrific face of grace can fill us with dread and fear when it appears, but if we are willing to welcome it -- as we welcome the good news of the grace of bounty -- it too brings us home.
Ron Nikkel | Posted 05.09.2012
Lent is like an excursion into the wilderness during which I leave my familiar dependencies to embrace silence, solitude, and deprivation beyond the daily attractions and distractions that shape my life.
AP | Posted 04.28.2012
BOVEY, Minn. — The artist who hand-colored "Grace," a photo showing a white-bearded man bowed in prayer before a simple meal, has died at age 95...
Laura Munson | Posted 02.13.2012
This year I'm rethinking Christmas. I don't need to bully myself into feeling "the Christmas spirit." It doesn't need to erase pain or promise anything. It can be whatever it needs to be this year.
Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 01.21.2012
That's what's best about this time of year: If we can redirect our energies away from the frenzy and be a little more grateful of our own health and capacities, we can also be better at offering thanks to others.
Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 01.13.2012
One day I suddenly saw all the uncaring behavior in a completely different light. I saw clearly that it had nothing to do with me! It wasn't about me at all!
John Blase | Posted 12.28.2011
Brennan Manning has preached his vagabond evangelist variation of the same theme for over forty years now: God loves you as you are and not as you should be.
Derek Flood | Posted 12.20.2011
Theologians have traditionally spoken of a conflict between justice and grace: justice is about there being consequences for wrong action and grace is about leniency.
Alisha L. Gordon, M.Ed. | Posted 11.26.2011
I'm not going to discuss the case, the evidence, the flawed judicial system, or the blatant disregard of human life. Not today. Today, I'll take a different perspective to explore the root of why things went so terribly wrong. The concept is simple: grace and mercy.
Derek Flood | Posted 11.21.2011
Now what makes this even more complicated is the fact that most of the statements about Hell found in the Bible are said by Jesus. The one who is leading me to question Hell, seems to be the very one who teaches it.
Shane Claiborne | Posted 11.16.2011
It is this dual conviction that no one is above reproach and that no one is beyond redemption that lies at the heart of our faith. Undoubtedly it's why the early Christians were characterized by non-violence.
Jeremiah Sierra | Posted 08.21.2011
The face of a human being demands something of you, forces you to grapple with its individuality and complexity. It is harder to condemn someone once you've seen their face, harder to look away from the pain in their eyes.
Rick Hamlin | Posted 05.25.2011
My Republican brother-in-law always holds hands when we say grace. My Democrat brother-in-law gives these thoughtful, heartfelt graces that make me cry. I love them both.
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
Inspired by the success of such films as "Facing the Giants" and "Fireproof," David Evans worked with his church in Memphis to bring "The Grace Card" to the screen.
Toni Emerson | Posted 11.17.2011
In my life, grace has emerged when I least expected it, as a sudden and thrilling validation that my heart's deepest hopes were heard and answered, sometimes even before they were formulated as thoughts.
Lorraine Roe | Posted 11.17.2011
No doubt about it, things in life can go terribly wrong, but what about when it all goes ridiculously right? Well, it's pretty sweet!
Ann Voskamp | Posted 10.05.2011
I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks. It's strange how we'd rather live tripping and stumbling than murmur that one word...
Matt Idom | Posted 05.25.2011
It is not through the bible that I am found. No, that is more about the one God I understand the bible to be revealing.
Jay Bakker | Posted 07.25.2011
I was really nervous about how the Christian magazines and festival organizers and even some of my Christian friends would react if they knew I'd been to a drag show.
Cathleen Falsani | Posted 07.25.2011
Only time will tell whether more evangelical leaders will add their voices to the chorus calling for full and unapologetic inclusion of homosexuals in the life of the church.
Alicia Anstead | Posted 05.25.2011
When it comes to forgiveness and grace, one could do worse than to turn to Shakespeare's less known play, Measure for Measure.
Heather Choate Davis | Posted 05.17.2012