What am I doing here?
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for…
God Helps You Find Your Work
John Dominic Crossan is a well-regarded liberal scholar, and in his assessment of the Lord’s Prayer, he asserts that we are better meant to understand “Our Father” as “Our Householder.”…
Effort is Worship
Many of us understand the importance of excellence. We know that great music, for example, will attract a crowd and that environment will allow people to experience healthy celebration. And…
Finding the Best Version of You
Many people often try to live Christianly by following a bunch of rules. They operate under the auspices that it doesn’t matter how you feel or who you are, you…
Why I Love Independent Publishing
Everybody has things that they think are good and that they want to do. You might want to do a charity, or help someone, or do something kind for somebody…
Achievements: Idols and Icons
I have known two pilots in my short life. One flew commercial airliners in the South Pacific, and the other flew bush planes in the Arctic Circle. Both men loved…
in:God:ed
Now the seed of God is in us. The seed of a pear tree grows into a pear tree; the seed of a hazel tree grows into a hazel tree. The seed of God grows into God. Meister Eckhart, 14th C German 1heologian For He was made man that we might be made God; and He manifested Himself by a body that we might receive the idea of the Unseen Father; and He endured the insolence of men that we might inherit immortality. St. Athanasius, 3rd C Bishop of Alexandria My wife is a big fan of two special words. Other men have wives with special words – I love you, you are my honeybear, my sexypants, etc…Carmel’s special words are these: So what? So what if we’re idols of God? So what if we’re the prophetic antithesis to corrupt Mesopotamian imperialism? So what if we can dissect the qualities of the imago dei? So what does this mean in real life? In order for anyone to see God’s idol – to know that they are in the Kingdom God has created, that they are in the Presence of God – we have to clear away all of the stuff that keeps it hidden. That clearing away consists of persistent repentance and spiritual attentiveness. We must always be asking the…
Where you are matters as much as who you are
Where you are matters as much as who you are. It’s no good thinking through your identity and vocation if you cannot make it work at home. What works in…
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