I no longer view the cross as punishment, but as embrace. God, as Jesus, entered into our darkness as us, fully human. God did this because he so loved the world. God experienced – and continues to experience – suffering as us, through us, in us, with us.
Read MoreTo live out of a simple trust in God takes great faith. It’s a leap of faith to trust that God inherently designed us in a way that creates something more incredible than we can imagine or think up—without our control. I’m not sure this kind of faith is possible unless you’ve personally experienced the love of God working itself out in the concreteness of your own small life.
Read MoreFriends, this passover season, let’s pass over into a broader love that embraces the whole world. This is the work of Christ, to reconcile all things to Himself. He has already done this. It is finished already. We just don’t know it or live into it as he taught us to do. But the invitation is always open.
Read MoreGod rescued me from my cage through a journey of healing into freedom. But, like Oumou’s songbird, I’m not free to forget what that cage felt like. I’m not free to forget those who are still in their cages.
Read MoreEven with all the beautiful experiences I’ve had with God, I still fall into the trap of going it on my own. And still, God gently calls me back to rest.
Read MoreIf you’ve never been able to sense something like this, in whatever ways God plays in you, I would encourage you to be open to God revealing Godself in you. You are hidden in Christ, already one with God. Sometimes we just don’t know it.
Read MoreWe are called to follow Christ. To be in solidarity with suffering. He showed the way—taking it to its absolute completion—as He was crucified and called on God to forgive His crucifiers. This is the only way to redeem suffering, to make it mean something. To make it holy.
Read MoreI’m currently very hungry for more knowledge and practice of contemplation and meditation, from within and without the Christian tradition.
Read MoreMy life’s work is to become and to share the journey, no matter what I’m doing. It’s really all of our life’s work, no matter what we do for a living.
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