new meditations

How intentional are we about our need to rest and replenish our souls? As we make our new year’s resolutions, will we create time and space to simply be?

Love is infinite (1 Corinthians 13:8).

When was the last time we were “overwhelmed with joy”? Have we been “surprised by joy”?

How can we increase peace and decrease violence?

It is difficult to keep hope alive when the walls crumble down around us and our communities, and child-like innocence easily fades into adult cynicism and despair.

“More than anything else, we long for home. Our deep ache for intimacy, security, and comfort is, in the end, a longing for home, nothing more. We are forever restlessly searching for someone or something to take us home.”

What does it mean to walk in faith when we have been violated by someone? Can I say the Lord’s Prayer, “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”? Can I say this prayer with any authenticity if I don’t practice it?

“Our culture invariably supposes that action and accomplishment are better than rest, that doing something—anything—is better than doing nothing. Because we do not rest, we lose our way.”

Fear can prevent us from experiencing the Grace and Mercy of God. Fear can prevent us from loving another human being.

External storms come and go, but how do we make peace with the storms within us which seem to never end?