Dec
09
2008
Faith is like a river, ever flowing towards God. As the water, we must quench our desire to change course. To grow faith and strengthen it, we must water the seed within us.
Learning about God and our beliefs is crucial to keeping our faith healthy – without this, it is easy for our faith to fall by the wayside or to leave us when times get tough. If you open yourself to growing your faith – that strength will stay with you through the darkest of nights.
Remember to see God and learn about him in your daily life. He is there, not in the obvious, but in the smallest moment. You must be open to his call. It makes the darkness bright.
Dec
08
2008
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dec
05
2008
God has called you and He will not fail you.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Dec
04
2008
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Dec
03
2008
Now come, write it on a tablet they can keep, inscribe it in a record; That it may be in future days an eternal witness: This is a rebellious people, deceitful children, Children who refuse to obey the law of the LORD. They say to the seers, “Have no visions”; to the prophets, “Do not descry for us what is right; speak flatteries to us, conjure up illusions. Out of the way! Out of our path! Let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 30: 8-11
New American Bible
Dec
02
2008
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Dec
01
2008
It’s a question that we all ask ourselves in one way or another.
Theology is for those really holy people who can understand it, right?
Nope, wrong-o. Theology is for everyone. It’s not for monks wearing brown robes holed up in stone caves. It’s for every living, breathing human. Theology isn’t the same for everyone. There’s book-smart theology for those real scholarly types. There’s common-sense theology for those sweet gentle souls. And for those of us in between, there’s a nice theology mixture.
Theology is about the journey to God. It’s about growing and expanding our knowledge of faith.
And that’s the purpose for this blog. I’m one of the in-betweens, so you’ll find a balance here of common sense and book smarts.
