Imagination
“…if the beauty and glory of Christ do not capture our imaginations, dominate our waking thought, and fill our hearts with longing and...
Unreal/Unreality
“How often do we anticipate some really bad things: crosses that may happen in our lives? It is the real 'crosses' in our lives that we...
Cause and Effect
“The law of cause and effect is most convincing to human understanding and reasoning, and by it the human mind arrives at very definite...
Wholeness
“In the tradition of the early Church, the focus was on the healing of the whole person, body, mind, and spirit, accomplished by a...
Solace
“Collectively and individually, we are crying for the solace of reconnection with God.” (Sue Patton Thoele) “...one must first strive to...
Externals
“God’s commandments are not an alien, external authority that enslaves us…they are “natural knowledge given us by God, whether this comes...
Giving Freely
“God’s love is freely given, conditioned neither by our worthiness nor by any claim we might make on the Lord…The love of God is an...
Material Things
“Our world is a material world. We are constantly presented with technological advances and improvements and sentiments such as: “He who...
Faith and Unbelief
“ ‘Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again: He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see...
Eucharist / Holy Communion
“The Christian Faith is not philosophy, but rather communion with God…True Christianity raises the matter of community (communion) to an...