It is the understanding of others and the awareness of their needs, that the ambassador of CHRIST should strive to cultivate

I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.

Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.

Led by myself and two colleagues, the course offers a newly developed model of spiritual direction that draws on both the age-old wisdom of the church and more recent perspectives. I call it the Passion/Wisdom Model of Spiritual Direction, and I see it as offering the opportunity for our interior worlds and supernatural reality to meet.

I assume the Spirit is always whispering, "Abba", to God's children, assuring them that they are safe in His care. And he is continually calling them to become what God saved them to be, solid people, indestructibly alive, hurting perhaps, but consumed with pleasing the Father.

The real power in helping somebody to be transformed is not to do something to them but to join with them.

Other forms of relating to God that have unique value in connecting us to Him include contemplative prayer and centering prayer.