The devout life does not solely entail living as a monk or ascetic, though that is fine. The devout life requires bringing God into all things.
While the Holy Spirit is hidden, He is never, ever absent
The greatest gift we have ever received, and ever will or could receive, is the Spirit of God Himself. He enters the essence of our human form and changes us from within. He fills us with joy, love and peace. He subdues our passions and transforms ou...
When in doubt, look to Jesus.
He is Jesus, only. God has revealed Himself to us through Jesus. Jesus is what God wanted us to know and to love. He is not Napoleon the Great. He is not Alexander the Great. He is Jesus only. He is enough. My purpose in life is to worship Jesus and,...
God requires solitude and quiet – this is part of the way He instructs us to pray to Him. We are obligated through our Love to worship Him as He sees fit. This is not the law. This is the language of Love: we love Him in the way He chooses for us t...
More than happiness or joy or lower blood pressure, the practice of God’s presence gives us meaning. Through this practice we become more closely aligned with Jesus and we learn His desire for us more completely.Life can be hard. The Practice of Th...
Small as a pea. Wider than the sea. This is where you and I came to be.
Be patient, child!” said the Music. “But she will forget me.” “Do not worry, child. I am there. I shall not forget.”And she stared out at the planets and gentle stars and the galaxies and became forlorn for she had known a special love.“T...
What are those glorious dots? Those, dear one, are forget-me-nots!
Where they had once ambled alone, they now walked together home.
He tossed a word like a ball, never letting it fall. Instead it swam in the air, without care, strung together with an art that came straight from his heart.
Somehow, the days of summer with their glimmering enchantment of dancing ladybugs and sailing clouds had faded into grey. Maddie’s heart had somehow faded with it.
There was no necessity for either to have the last word. For the first word became the only word of their romantic conversation.
Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is a determination that there is something more important than fear.
The happiness in our hearts is there for we dare to dream in light when the world tells us to scream in the darkness.
We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.
She became the bad company that she kept.
Where are you, oh heart, which I loved from the start? Did you ever arrive? How long must we stay apart?
Then an odd thing happened. Britney put her finger on the ridge of the painted glass and rubbed it. It made a perfect noise. The kind of noise that goes on and on as a beautiful noise does once it has wrung the ear. It was the chord of the wild sea.
Through all people, the Music of Love would pour, bringing light to the swords that sped through the darkness. And the light of their blades would lead the constellations to their destination.
