Love is and always will be, beyond what you have already mastered. However, the good news is that the Master who has mastered love is your Master and, to the extent that His mastery is at work in you, you… Continue reading

The heart of God is holy, ruthless, furious love. The heart of God’s people is to flesh out that love in service to suffering humanity without judgment or conditions. Continue reading

The heart of God is holy, ruthless, furious love. The heart of God’s people is to flesh out that love in service to suffering humanity without judgment or conditions. Continue reading

If we will remember, then we can commit to being our best as Americans and working together for common good. Continue reading

One word or two. That is all it takes. One moment of caring. One pause to refresh another. Continue reading

When we look at the poor. we first see Jesus, the suffering image of God. When we look at the poor, we also see ourselves, for we have been there or will be there. Continue reading

Beware lest we get caught up in a solomonic power grab. Continue reading

  We have to get from fainting away in unfulfilled longing to exhilarating praise It does not come with a finger snap, but it may come with a good night's sleep and a movement from one verse to the next.… Continue reading

Writing is an excruciating joy. It is to be avoided at all costs, but one … … the horrifying option of not doing it at all … … and that is unacceptable. Continue reading

Jesus is the master of contradiction. To the one who skims the surface of superficial consideration, he is a contradiction within himself. To those whose only lenses on God is a moralistic and vindictive vision, he contradicts God. To those… Continue reading