“As long as you keep pointing to the specifics, you will miss the full meaning of your pain. You will deceive yourself into believing that if the people, circumstances, and events had been different, your pain would not exist. This … Continue reading
When you get exhausted, frustrated, overwhelmed, or run down, your body is saying that you are doing things that are none of your business. God does not require of you what is beyond your ability, what leads you away from … Continue reading
>Once you have claimed [your true identity as a child of God] and settled in it, you can live in a world that gives you much joy as well as pain. You can receive the praise as well as the … Continue reading
>Silence is an indispensable discipline in the spiritual life. …Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all ministerial tasks. It can be a portable cell taken with us from the solitary place into the midst of our … Continue reading