Featured: Amazed
The hard part Is to find yourself at home with where and what you are And still remain amazed. (John Koethe, "Beyond Belief") We live in a trance so much of the time, don't we? Here, but not here. Restless, never really at home. We carry around a vague sense of unhappiness with who we […]
I am halfway through Richard Rohr's booking "Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life." Here are three things I read yesterday that caused me to put the book down and ponder for a considerable amount of time: "What passes for morality or spirituality in the vast majority of people's lives is the […]
Chuck and I have a small, walk-in closet. Nothing fancy; nothing you would see featured on HGTV. And for the last 17 years, we were using two dressers in that closet, dressers that had originally belonged to our now young-adult children. The bottoms of several of the drawers would fall out every time we opened […]
One more post related to "my dad turned 80 ..." One of the gifts we gave him was a letter from each of his grandchildren recounting some of their favorite memories of life with "Grandpa Dave." Here's what I noticed: None of the memories had to do with money. None had to do with a […]
I still think that one of humanity's greatest flaws (and of course, my own) is our inability to comprehend, or even imagine, the sheer goodness of God. Because we cannot comprehend God's goodness, we live out of a pardigm that can be incredibly destructive. William Law said, "If your concept of God is radically false, […]
My dad turned 80 on February 17. In a note to all of his kids and grand-kids he offered these little nuggets of wisdom: 1. Always be confident in your ability ... you have been given extraordinary gifts; make the most of them 2. Don't let your age or TV heroes define you 3. Every […]
"Calvary is judo. The enemy's own power is used to defeat him." (Peter Kreeft)
