Love is not love without waiting. This is why we are moved when a beautiful young woman waits faithfully for her fiancé to return home from a long journey. And why we cringe to hear of a man coming home to his beloved only to learn she’s pregnant with another man’s child. Most of us don’t think of our love for God in these terms. He’s God and his power is limitless, after all. Somehow we think...
It makes sense why we find ourselves drawn to stories, movies, and songs about a nobody who becomes someone spectacular.
Somewhere amidst the clamor of a Sunday morning, a girl walked into our dining room.
Doesn’t humility demand we accept that some things will never change? Something does, but not humility.
Fear acts like a friend, making promises, but taking prisoners.
Where we downplay the central role of the body in human experience, we downplay the role of the body in our own relationships with God.