God Talk

I have a question for you, on this Easter morning: do you believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as depicted in the New Testament? And I have a second question, built on the first: what is at stake for your life, now and in what is to come, on the basis of whether you […]

Have you ever wondered who you are? I sure have. “Who am I?” was one of the leading questions of my youth, along with what shall I do, whom shall I love, and for what may I hope in this life. Who you are to God matters as much if not more than who you […]

The deepest desire in our hearts, implanted there secretly by the holy, is the desire for God. This is the desire for God and God alone, for union and sweet communion, a desire greater than the desire for God to do this or that for us. The desire for God is described powerfully in the […]

God has spoken, God still speaks, and God will forever speak. Communication with God is more than possible; it is absolutely essential for the life of our relationship with God. God wants us to hear and to respond to what we hear. Our life now and forever will be shaped by God’s word to us. […]

Whatever else God is, God is “gracious.” One of the greatest summaries of God’s nature repeated a number of times in the Hebrew Bible is: God is “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness” (Exodus 34:6). There is a lot of unwrap there, and to understand regarding the “Who” […]

Christianity is all about receiving, sharing and giving. These are the three essential dimensions of God’s Love, and the secret to how it is that God as Trinity – the Lover, the Beloved and the Love itself – perpetuates love forever. We could say that God is totally Self-Giving, Self-Receiving and Self-Sharing.