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A great German thinker named Meister Eckhart said, "God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by subtracting." I remember where I was when I first read this line. I was lying on my couch reading the book in which it was contained. Ever have one of these moments? The whole world […]
"The hope of the whole world rests on the shoulders of a homeless man." (lyrics from Rich Mullins' song about Jesus called "You Did Not Have a Home")
What do you do when you are weary? I think this is an important question to know the answer to. And the answer will be different for each one of us. That is why I like it; there is no "right" answer, there is only your answer. I have learned my way into my answer: […]
Seems right, as summer begins, to ponder a bit of writing from Henry David Thoreau: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that […]
"It's not for me to judge the gifts I have to offer the world, but it is up to me to summon the courage to offer them. There are as may ways to be of use and to express our love as there are people on this earth. Some save lives in emergency rooms while […]
"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." (Moses, speaking to Israel at the Red Sea -- Exodus 14:14)
