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"Thy Kingdom Come, My Kingdom Go"

All false religion proceeds in a certain sense from one illusion: People say, Thy Kingdom come out of one side of their mouth, but they don't, out of the other side of their mouth, say, My kingdom go. It happens when we try to have both of those kingdoms reign, when we say that the Lord is the lord of our lives, ( Read more... )

"Hospitality"

Shared life is a way of being present to another person so that another person can be present to you. It’s a quality of being, of living. A sharing attitude makes room inside of you so that others can crawl in and you can crawl out into them. You become touched and touchable, supporting and supportable. A Christian home is one with ( Read more... )

"Get Together by Getting Together"

The only way that I know how to get people together is to start getting people together. When they start dealing with each other, they start learning who they are. They start getting feelings and resentments. They start getting hurts. They say, Brother, why are you getting hurt right now? What’s hurting you? ( Read more... )

Allow the Lord, by his love and grace, to let you live in this moment. Right now. This moment is as perfect as it can be. And God’s call, the needs of the world, will make itself very apparent. Just respond to the need that presents itself right in front of you, today, tomorrow. I think many parents become very good and holy people because ( Read more... )

"Standing Together"

If the gospel has taken on a kind of enigmatic quality in some places or cases, I think part of the problem is that we’ve tried to live the gospel alone. The gospel was meant to be lived by the Church, by people of God, where there is a support system that says you can ask new questions. I think of the people in the New ( Read more... )