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Do you know who's going through a lot right now? Literally everyone. Just be kind.

God so understood is not something posed over against the universe, in addition to it, nor is he the universe itself. He is not a “being,” at least not in the way that a tree, a shoemaker, or a god is a being; he is not one more object in the inventory of things that are, or any sort of discrete...

"I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me upon the Rock of Ages." ~Martin Luther "Pray, and let God worry." ~Martin Luther

Video has emerged showing a man -- identified as Jim Finch -- setting up a grill in the middle of Mayfield, Kentucky, to prepare food for locals who have been impacted by the tornado that ravaged the town on Friday. "I just figured I'd do what I can do -- show up with some food and some water,"...

"Brother, sister, if such is your faith, you will not, must not stop there. You must come out of this bondage of the law to which you give the name of grace, for there is little that is gracious in it. You will yet know the dignity of your high calling, and the love that passes knowledge. He is...

The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning to the word "love", and look on things as if man were the centre of them. Man is not the centre. God does not exist for the sake of man. Man does not exist...

“God is good - or rather, of all goodness He is the Fountainhead.” ~ Athanasius of Alexandria

"The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians." ~Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

"The greatness of God is the true rebuke to the littleness of men. The greatness of Christ is the true rebuke to the littleness of Christians." ~Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity are rigorous meditation practices, used for the most part to cultivate one-pointed concentrated attention, out of which the powers of these evoked qualities emerge, transfiguring the heart. Just naming these qualities of heart...

“Ah, kindness. What a simple way to tell another struggling soul that there is love to be found in the world.” -A. A. Malee “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” -Amelia Earhart “Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm...

"God is controlling and directing all into his desired goal, which is himself. All was breathed out of him; and all is being inhaled back into him!" ~Dora Van Essen "Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless Hope." For with God nothing shall be impossible.

"This truth is for every single one of us, no matter where we are in our journey. The Father didn’t choose you out of pity, He chose you out of passion. Would that truth be the core of your heart." ~ Liz Wright

The royal road of our Father is one of becoming like Him, transformed by His love and grace and glory. This is not a one step program, but one of gradually dying to yourself, and your faith, and entering into the faith of the Son of God. When you crash into the living God, the encounter is...

"Trust perfected is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless or that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the...