Thinking lately about the power of the spiritual practice of intentional silence in a very noisy world. Was reading through one of the best books ever on spiritual formation, Invitation to a Journey by Robert Mullholland, and came across his section on silence. Here are a few bits of his wisdom: "We tend to think […]

Heard this Gungor song on Spotify yesterday and thought I'd share it here ... Just enough in it to potentially offend many ... Which is what Jesus often did. And, remember who he offended most? Those in power. Those in religious power. Those who thought they were "in." Those who thought they knew who were […]

"If we know how great is the love of Jesus for us we will never be afraid to go to Him in all our poverty, all our weakness, all our spiritual wretchedness, and infirmity. Indeed, when we understand the true nature of his love for us, we will prefer to come to Him poor and […]

This really struck me this morning ... "What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our prayer?" (Thomas Merton - Thoughts in Solitude)

"Apparently, nothing pleases the Lord more than being trusted to be good." (Frederick Dale Bruner)

I wonder how much our lives would improve ... how much the QUALITY of our lives would improve, if some of us said no more. Not just so we can "say no," but so we can say a really big YES to the things we are sure God is calling us to. What might your […]