Expectations
Like the Prodigal Son, our own expectations become a barrier to both receiving and giving love. We expect others to love us beyond their capacity, their brokenness. And too often we don’t think about their similar expectations of us.
Choosing to Love God
A priest once explained why God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden. I hadn’t ever thought about that…why did God put something right in their face if Adam and Eve weren’t allowed to have it? The answer: it gave them the opportunity to choose to love God.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers
Lent is a time of giving up the self-talk so we can hear God talk.
This Lent, give up stoic suffering
Beginning in childhood, we accumulate ‘baggage’ carried with us throughout life. We end up perceiving life through the lens of the pain in our heart. God wants to give us new sight—His—by which to see ourselves and others.
BOOK REVIEW: The Devil’s in the Castle by Dan Burke
Two problems occur in the spiritual life: we don’t understand it, and we don’t know where we are headed! The Devil’s in the Castle by Dan Burke solves both problems.