"They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace" (Jeremiah 6:14).
"No large estate gave him space, no financial capital guarantee his daily bread, no personal staff protected him from interruptions and no power or influence protected him from injustice. He…
"...just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another" (John 13:34b).
"Thomas answered him, 'My Lord and my God!'" (John 20:28)
"Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose. If love is to be a blessing, not a misery, it must be for the only Beloved who will…
"There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with the full assurance that they have known God..." (J.I. Packer)
The mantras "I'm so busy" and "I have no time" and "I'm so tired" have become for us like a liturgical prayer, ending implicitly with "Lord, have mercy!" - John…
"What is the result of this people-idolatry? As in all idolatry, the idol we choose to worship soon owns us. The object we fear overcomes us. Although insignificant in itself,…
"Like a skillfully wielded scalpel in the hand of a practiced surgeon, the living and active Word of God sculpts away sclerosis of the heart that may have hitherto prevented…
"Do we eagerly long for the coming of Christ? Or do we want him to wait while our love affair with the world runs its course? That is the question…
"The goal of authentic spirituality is a life which escapes from the closed circle of self-indulgence or self-improvement, to become absorbed in the love of God and other persons." (Richard…
"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you" (Matthew 6:33)