…if we look at love in its most passionate phase, we see that love often does several key things to reorient the soul. The first thing it does is humble us. It reminds us that we are not even in control of ourselves. In most cultures and civilizations, love is described in myth and story […]
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Stop Explaining Away Black Christian Forgiveness The Charleston families did not forgive to express the values of their race, but to be faithful to their God. Michael Wear/ June 24, 2015 http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/june-web-only/stop-explaining-away-black-christian-forgiveness.html?utm_source=ctdirect-html&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_term=9455965&utm_content=364391360&utm_campaign=2013&start=3 Forgiveness has been affirmed as mandatory for Christians by African American theologians, even during the Jim Crow era. Howard Thurman, an educator and […]
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“And then some”… three little words, and those three little words could transform our society. It could become a philosophy of life, a way of living. “The top people did what was expected of them…And Then Some. The were thoughtful to others, kind and considerate…And Then Some. They met their obligations wand responsibilities fairly and […]
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Author and speaker Brennan Manning has an amazing story about how he got the name “Brennan.” While growing up, his best friend was Ray. The two of them did everything together: bought a car together as teenagers, double-dated together, went to school together and so forth. They even enlisted in the Army together, went to […]
From Tim Stafford: Jeff and Janet Johnson, both long-time mentors of my daughter, shared the officiating in my daughter’s wedding. Janet made the case for marriage: Your love is priceless and needs to be guarded. Selfishness, pride, lack of forgiveness and inattentiveness are but some of the many thieves capable of stealing away your love. […]
When we forgive, we set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner we set free is us. The first person to benefit from forgiving is the one who does it. We do our forgiving alone inside our hearts and minds; what happens to the people we forgive depends on them. We must forgive because […]
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of […]
Abraham Lincoln on Church and Religion – from Carl Sandburg’s Introduction to Lincoln’s Devotional Henry C. Deming, Congressman from Connecticut, reported that when Lincoln was asked why, with his obvious interest in religious matters and his familiarity with the Bible, he did not join a church, Lincoln replied: “When any church will inscribe over its […]