God Blogs

Doing is important. We spend our days doing and thinking about things we want and need to do. Our identity and sense of value is wrapped up in what we do. In a real way, we are what we do; what we do determines who we are. When we define our faith life, we likely […]

We are made of word. And we are made of silence. We need both for life, for love. Silence is as important to knowing ourselves and others as words. As the intervals of silence between the notes of music permit music to breathe and take flight, so silence in the intimacy of love lets love […]

The following is an exchange between a mystic and a skeptic about whether and how you can know God. It should be clear which of the two voices is my own: A: I know God. B: What do you mean by “know God”? A: I mean I had an actual encounter with God. B: How […]

Most all of us have what could be called our “pet prayer.” There certain words and phrases we consistently if not constantly pray to God, revealing our life themes. The contents of this prayer disclose much about what is important to us, about what we seek to avoid as well as strive after. John Wesley, […]

To attain peace, not only must we seek it, but we must be willing to choose and accept it. Like faith, peace is something we must choose every day, sometimes every hour. Yet what kind of peace do we seek? Do we seek a peace only for the time being, for this place, or for […]

As important as being forgiven by God, is becoming forgiving ourselves. Jesus came to bring about the forgiveness of God from all of our willfulness and sins, signifying the conscious transgression of the law of love. Now, once forgiven and given a news beginning, a new opportunity to be in a right relationship with God, […]