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Without exposure to potential failure, there is no risk.

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I want neither a terrorist spirituality that keeps me in a perpetual state of fright about being in right relationship with my heavenly Father nor a s...more

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By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived.

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Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.

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To ignore, repress, or dismiss our feelings is to fail to listen to the stirrings of the Spirit within our emotional life. Jesus listened. In John's G...more

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As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and reali...more

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For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.

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The sorrow of God lies in our fear of Him, our fear of life, and our fear of ourselves. He anguishes over our self-absorption and self-sufficiency... ...more

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Our hearts of stone become hearts of flesh when we learn where the outcast weeps.

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[The] insistence on the absolutely indiscriminate nature of compassion within the Kingdom is the dominant perspective of almost all of Jesus' teaching...more

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Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

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Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. I...more

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In Love's service, only wounded soldiers can serve.

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For Foucauld and the Little Brothers, life in the desert was not a flight from the world but rather a school of love and prayer to learn to enter more...more

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Lord, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant and important in your ...more