“Let your word be ‘Yes, yes,’ or ‘No, no.’ ” I find it very interesting that it is an instruction to be definite in one’s answer. Since this was a lesson from Jesus, it makes it even more interesting.
“I think that God hopes I will make good decisions with my life, but in order for it to be my life, God can’t step in and ‘save me’ from myself or from just plain bad luck.”
“This common essence in three persons is a dance of relationship in which abundant, astounding creativity spins out at every turn, unlimited, unbounded, and yet welcoming in every way to us little finite beings.”
“The little seeds of the gospel are waiting to sprout up—often in places where we least expect it.”
“I’d like to think she’s looking past her father. Towards something more. Something deeper than what she can see with her eyes.”
“The big issue, the one that should concern us, is how easily the Body of Christ gets torn up, even by the very people who are Spirit driven leaders who should be holding it together.”
“The Tree of Knowledge has put us in the know so that we know sin and redemption too.”
“Sacred space is somewhere where a person can feel blessed and where awe and mystery come together in a moment in time.”
“His methods are why we presently are beginning to experience greater diversity in worship in the various cultural expressions of the Episcopal church today, and part of how we are forming priests outside of a three year residential seminary experience.”
“All of us, his disciples in the world today, are to feed people – literally and figuratively.”