26. Wrestling with the Promises: Part 2
Impatience defeats faith, if we let it.
Impatience defeats faith, if we let it.
At the nadir of my journey, I felt bankrupt. Which of these promises could I point to and say, “God is faithful”?
Bringing others to faith isn’t the ONLY measure of spirituality….
Yes, the depth of our knowledge of God will grow over time, but an inadequate view of God makes for a shaky foundation.
Every teacher starts as a neophyte; we learn as we go….
If you grew up in certain religions, you might be triggered by the word “priest”…
You can return all your self-help books, cancel the workshop you were going to attend, and lay off the self-medicating…
Despite its advanced age, the Bible has a freshness and immediacy no other books share…
Our puny human experience is merely a brown, wrinkly shadow of the radiant life awaiting us…
If all your friends decided to jump off a bridge, would you jump, too?