Distorted Energy

Distorted Energy

And indeed the only way in which I can make real to myself what theology teaches about the heinousness of sin is to remember that every sin is the distortion of an energy breathed into us – an energy which, if not thus distorted, would have blossomed into one of those...
Selfish Spirituality

Selfish Spirituality

Today’s reading was a single verse: 26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.  (1...
Trials – You Complete Me

Trials – You Complete Me

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any...
What Pharrell needs to know about being Happy

What Pharrell needs to know about being Happy

From CS Lewis: How did the Dark Power go wrong? Here, no doubt, we ask a question to which human beings cannot give an answer with any certainty. A reasonable (and traditional) guess, based on our own experiences of going wrong, can, however, be offered. The moment...
Peace in the Presence of Enemies

Peace in the Presence of Enemies

Today’s reading was Psalm 3: A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. 1 Lord, how many are my foes!     How many rise up against me! 2 Many are saying of me,     “God will not deliver him.” 3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,     my glory, the One who...