B. May

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Lord, that I might see your presence presencing itself and giving itself away as the intimate immediacy of the grace and miracle of our very presence and of all things in our communal nothingness without you. Help us to understand that the generosity of the Infinite is infinite and that we are the generosity of God. We are the song you sing.”

If Jesus’s parables are true, then God isn’t in the fold with the ninety-nine insiders. God isn’t curled up on her couch polishing the nine coins she’s already sure of. God is where the lost things are. God is in the wilderness, God is in the remotest corners of the house, God is where the search is at its fiercest. If I want to find God, I have to... See more

Beware that many people want to be offended; outrage gives them an intoxicating sense of moral superiority. So desperate are they to be mad that they’ll actively seek out provocations online, wilfully misinterpret your words, and even imagine you said things you didn't.”

—Gurwinder Bhogal

Our addictive society will do what it wants to do, but the freedom offered by all great spiritual traditions is quite different: spiritual and true freedom is wanting to do what we have to do to become who we are.

“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”

— Steve Jobs

Jesus also doesn’t heal as a reward for good behavior. Usually there is no mention whatsoever of any prerequisites, and sometimes it’s not even the one cured, but those around them, who have faith. Neither in Mark’s Gospel is there any primary concern about life after death or heaven. We projected that onto the text. All of the healing stories are

Once emotion reinforces thought, or vice versa, it triples its power over you. The things you're agitated right now, you will not be in a few days. The soul is much more spacious, constant, and settled than your thoughts and feelings can ever be.

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – Andrew Gide

THE FINAL SECRET, I think, is this: that the words "You shall love the Lord your God" become in the end less a command than a promise.