Although gratitude and thanksgiving are often used interchangeably, they are actually different. Thanksgiving is a response to getting...

If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll see that relationships are what define us, and that which defines us best is the quality of our...

There is an abundance of grace in the search for understanding and believe there is more value in questioning than in absolutes....

All that God created, especially His children, operate for the purpose of God’s glory. Our highest purpose is to reflect Him and His ways...

Our faith is not a belief that dogmas or moral opinions are true, but a faith that God is for us and is accessible to us. Jesus was able...

Any mother would lay down her life for her children. She gives up her time, delays her dreams, works to provide for her children's...

Highly esteemed Thomas Merton said "The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant...

"To love is to risk not being loved in return." - Leo Buscaglia A way to understand the depth of God's love is knowing that He loves us...

A life surrendered in oneness with God comes with God sharing His glory in our life through dreams and visions. God places big plans and...

In Christian theology, our inner presence is described as the Holy Spirit: God as inherent, within - our deepest and truest self. The...

God is love and He gives us love from Himself. God is not faith, nor is He hope. He does not have faith or hope, as a part of Himself,...

Jesus himself taught us how to use the word of God. He knew what passages led to God, and emphasized inclusion, mercy, and honesty. He...

The Fall started in Eden and happens in all moments and lives. The fall from original grace and innocence; the lie began with the...

Guilt robs us of joy and prevents us from enjoying intimacy with God. Guilt and shame are never from God, they are merely the defenses of...

The Christian moral life is rooted in the awareness that every person bears the dignity of being made in the image of God. Man is made of...

Any part of ourselves that we try to hide or deny because it seems socially unacceptable is our shadow self. It is insufficient to...

Our ego loves being right. The need to be right keeps us looking for evidence to prove other people wrong rather than accepting life’s...

Salvation is not accomplished by moral behavior or joining the right group. Salvation is a realization of and a return to who we already...

The common understanding of righteousness is being and doing right. Its focus is the self, its guide is judgment and conditionality. This...

One way for us to be liberated by truth is to understand what truth is not. It is of our human nature to desire truth, but in most cases...