Many find it challenging to accept God’s love. Here’s a way to understand that and beat it.
1 Poor in Spirit
Overcoming Obstacles to Receiving and Responding to God’s Love
Open your heart to receive these two blessings.
Practice Gratitude for a Healthy Mind and Soul
How to receive the blessings.
Why the Bible is the Most Widely Read Book of All Time
How the Bible is more than a book.
The Lord’s Prayer and a Grateful Heart
On the Lord’s Prayer in biblical context and the context of your life.
National Memorial for Peace & Justice: Reflection on a Visit
A gift to my soul as a Southern, white man.
Intimacy With God: To Trust or Not to Trust
How Jesus’ invitation to intimacy still challenges us.
Holy Embarrassment in the Basilica: Epiphany from a Pigeon
Amid all the amazing artwork, architecture, and music in the basilica, my epiphany came from a surprise visitor.
Humble Gratitude
How humility deepens gratitude and boosts hope in hard times.
Discovering Grace With My Father
How my father eventually became the kind of witness we need.
Henri Nouwen: Witness to Heaven on Earth
How a near death experience clarified one man’s life on earth.
The Prodigal Next Door
The prodigal is your neighbor…or possibly yourself.