The loss of transcendence has left in its wake the flotsam of distrustful, cynical Christians, angry at a capricious God, and the jetsam of smug bibilolatrists who claim to know precisely what God is thinking and exactly what he plans to do.

To lend each other a hand when we're falling, perhaps that's the only work that matters in the end.

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor within; the former raged against him.

Without fear I can acknowledge that the authentic Christian tension is not between life and death, but between life and life.

The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.

In essence, there is only one thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people for whom God is everything and for whom God is enough. That is the root of peace. We have that peace when the gracious God is all we seek. When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.

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