Patience, Persistence, and Perseverance
“Many people today lack perseverance. We have become so accustomed to instantaneous communication and access to entertainment and...
Healing
“…Church is a hospital. The model of a courtroom or a business or even a social club is misguided and lacks the heart and the purpose of...
Moments
“There are moments in life when our customary peace is temporarily set aside by unanticipated events. None of us are immune to these...
Disposition
"The level of commitment that is required of monastics is no different from those who are married. Our marital status is not the issue....
Faith (During Adversity/Struggle)
“…the apostle writes that “we are not those who draw back to perdition” (Hebrews 10:39.) The word in the Greek refers to those who...
Anger (at/toward God)
“The evening of my wife’s death I was driving my son, Timothy, to buy a blazer for the funeral. In the darkness of the moving car I said,...
Judgment (and Grace)
“As the Gospel makes clear, with the statement do not judge Jesus had in mind making a judgment that caused one to cut oneself off from...