Perception
“One of the results of sin is the perversion of human perception. We don’t see or hear very well. Further, we have forgotten that seeing...
Center (Focus, Priority)
“And here is the crucial point: we begin with God as Being, Truth, Goodness, Beauty. The words and concepts only have meaning when...
Secularism
“…secularity is the negation, the evacuation from life, of the experience of the world as sacred reality, as “participant” in divine...
Faith, Trust, and Belief
“When we separate faith from everything else, we make it into belief. It becomes the assent to the truth of something that cannot be...
Sorrow
“…the concept of godly sorrow (2 Cor 7:10) is not well understood. How easy it is to settle into spiritual languor, remaining content...
Wonder
“Start each day anew with a deep sense of wonder and awe…When awe and wonder depart from our awareness, depression sets in, and after its...
Love (Nature of)
“Among human beings, love appears to spring from feelings and emotions. Thus some mistakenly characterize love as irrational. But love...
Arts
“Just as God has made the material universe, He also created humanity, and the whole gamut of human actions for his greater glory and our...
Submission
“The Apostle Paul also urgently advises us to resist submitting mindlessly to “the affairs of this life” (2 Timothy 2:4). Fruitful effort...
Rest/Renewal/Restoration
“The Apostle Paul declares, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being...