Hubris
“…hubris seems to signify not pride but rather a failure of the aesthetic sense; the hubristic man is the man who cannot see that his...
Worship (Misguided)
“…here is the tragedy of human existence…humans gave up their calling as priests of the world to become the slaves of the world…Thus, in...
Spiritual Pride
“‘When I lived in the outside world, I was preparing to become a monk. I kept the fasts strictly. Every day I made at least a thousand...
Nature
“In the created world only the human being combines material and spiritual elements. Human existence is thus differentiated from...
Well-Being
“Your well-being is largely determined by the perspective with which you view your life. The Bible teaches a technique known in modern...
Paradox (of Suffering and Freedom)
“…the most paradoxical thing that lies in the fact of freedom is that man cannot “free himself” from it—if he wanted to do so—unless he...
Granted (Take for)
“As sinners, we take our fallenness for granted. In our encounters with other human beings, we live as if this is a normal state. Our...
Possessions
“In today’s gospel passage [Matthew 10:9-15] the Lord Jesus reviews the material provisions we need as we engage in the task of...
Weariness (Fatigue)
“People today are weary, confused and darkened by sin and egoism….People need to realize that their life is troubled because they have...
Life (Source of)
“This human drama, which assumes various forms at different times, has as its starting point ‘that unmentionable day’ of the fall of Adam...