It’s fun to imagine we’re the ones with all the answers, but we’re just like everybody else – blind, compared to God. As much as our human nature wishes it did, true faith doesn’t have all the answers. To be authentic, faith has to embrace the mystery of God. Though we can learn a lot […]
Simple Faith: Keep Your Heart Open
If mercy is for any, it has to be for all. The poor and sick are human, just like the cruel and ruthless. If our love can’t embrace the truth about hard hearts, it’s not soft enough yet. Without mercy, justice will turn us into stone, too. Wouldn’t life be easier if everyone was kind, […]
God is easy to find (if we have the courage to look in the right places)
If you gaze at the gruesome physicality of the cross long enough, you can begin to see past the horror of suffering- into the gorgeous treasure of graces within. Perfect Love cloaked Himself in the consequences of our actions to save us- could anything be more beautiful? If you have the courage to look, you […]
American Soul
I think my soul is getting too big for this place It’s like trying to fit a magenta sunrise over the pacific ocean with fluffy marshmallow clouds and the joy of leaping of dolphins into a tiny plastic cup, And I don’t want anyone to try and drink a squished version of me or even take a tiny sip that doesn’t […]