Crucifixion and Resurrection
“The Resurrection was made possible only because of the crucifixion. An earthly death was required in order for the Resurrection to...
Willingness
“If you would enter into the mystery, then, like Christ Himself, you must become small, weak, poor, misunderstood, and willing to be...
Theosis/Union with God
“Our quest for communion with the everlasting God reorients our vision, directing it toward the eternal destiny of all mankind. We...
Love and Action/Will
"Love is a choice, a choice we must go on making for the rest of our lives. To love is not to act on instinct but to set before ourselves...
Christ in Us
“Before we can cry out about Christ to others, however, we have to cry out for Christ to be in us. We have to cultivate Christ in us. We...
Spiritual Depth
“The moral/spiritual life, when treated as one more progressive project, is largely marked by constant failure or worse. We cannot teach...
Superficial
“…you can learn a lot of things and can have a mind like an Encyclopedia, full of all knowledge, but if you don’t know yourself and who...
Silence and Prayer
“…silence is the preferred sound of the soul. The noise of the mind is the chatter of distraction. Such a description is frustrating to...
Trauma
“Trauma is a word for the damage we suffer in extreme circumstances…This experience is as old as mankind itself. Trauma sometimes leaves...
Hardship
“Hardship need not break us. It can build, refine and reveal. That is the work of providence, God’s good will working in us a glory that...