Human beings need to have purpose. We need to have something to reach for that is beyond our grasp. Most of us can bounce from effort to effort for years without realizing that we’re reaching for things in the ‘here and now’. It takes a long time for some of us to realize that our drive is telling us to reach for something altogether spiritual.
Read MoreThe audacity of grace is the hardest thing, as a Christian, to deal with. We serve a God who pardons sins with no recollection. But, we live with minds that remember them, full well. Why can’t we be like God? Why can’t we forget, too?
Read MoreIt’s hard to rip the flesh out of the equation. Needs make us aware of the ability in our hands. Passion makes us aware of the energy in our shapes. Dreams make us aware of the potential in our time. Pain makes us aware of the energy in our tears. Anger makes us sense the power of our fists. We use God like a shovel. We wear God like cheap perfume. We use oils and chants as though God were a genie. Our sense of entitlement thinks God wouldn’t want us to cry. Our so called righteous indignation uses God like brass knuckles.
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