Boundaries
“Many societies have pushed against their boundaries. France and Germany notoriously battled over what, exactly, was to constitute their...
Unsettled/Unresolved
“At these unsettled times, faith and obedience are especially important. The eternal God is not often in a hurry. He typically works...
Time (How We Spend it)
“Time is on our side, or at least on this side of eternity. Eternity is not time continuing on forever, but the end of time or a state in...
Self-Preservation
“…because we fear death we often engage in self-preservation to the point of sin – we are willing to make sure others die so that we...
Relationships with Others
“On this basis, the prime concern of the Church is respect for and protection of the human person as the distinctive feature of human...
Transcendence and Immanence
“Many people, because they’ve written God and Christ out of their lives, think that their existence has been enclosed within the stifling...
Kindness
“God bless those who clean up the pain and grief of the world without seeking recognition, for their sorrow, too, will turn to joy. May...
Impulse and Impulsivity
“When things do not happen as expected, we are often at the mercy of our impulses. The accusation of a lowly servant girl ambushed Peter...
Insensitivity
“Those who stop short of love, hindered by legalism, miss the message of the cross…Legalism does not understand the nature of divine...
Introspection
“...all introspection is in one respect misleading. In introspection we try to look “inside ourselves” and see what is going on. But...