As I read the Bible, it seems clear that God satisfies his "eternal appetite" by loving individual human beings. I imagine He views each halting step forward in my spiritual "walk" with the eagerness of a parent watching a child take the very first step.

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

We whine about things we have little control over; we lament what we believe ought to be changed.

We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.

It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you've heard everything before and that you have nothing left to learn.

We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny.

Christ bears the wounds of the church, his body, just as he bore the wounds of crucifixion. I sometimes wonder which have hurt worse.