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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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At Sunday worship, as in every dimension of our existence, many of us pretend to believe we are sinners. Consequently, all we can do is pretend we hav...more

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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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The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

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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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While the impostor draws his identity from past achievements and the adulation of others, the true self claims identity in its belovedness. We encount...more

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we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about o...more

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

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Live in the wisdom of accepted tenderness. Tenderness awakens within the security of knowing we are thoroughly and sincerely liked by someone...Script...more

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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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In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darknes...more

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

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Often people request prayers for deliverance, inner healing, or physical healing. But more frequently they simply want a man or woman to whom they can...more

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The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make ...more

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Those who have the disease called Jesus will never be cured.