Thought provoking

This Teaching Clip made me think of you. Watch Matthew 6:11 by Jerry Flowers:

Bill Maher uttered these words: “The tycoons of social media have to stop pretending they’re friendly nerd gods building a better world and admit they’re just tobacco farmers in T-shirts selling an addictive product to children. Phillip Morris just wanted your lungs; the App Store wants your soul.”

In the Kingdom of Man, the seas are ribboned with plastic, the forests are burning, the cities bulge with billionaires and tented camps, and still we kneel before the idol of the great god Economy as it grows and grows like a cancer cell. And what if this ancient faith is not an obstacle after all, but a way through? As we see the consequences of... See more

Work becomes great when curiosity drives it beyond obligation.

“You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective, scared, and worried about losing what you have. Youth is found in the energy of going for it, taking the risk, and trusting that you’ll figure it out along the way.”

CONFESSION: God of peace and justice, we long

for the peace within, and without. We long to find

serenity of spirit in the midst of life’s struggles.

We long for harmony in our families and in all

our relationships. We long for the day when each

family everywhere might live in peace without fear,

enjoying the fruit of vine and tree. Yet we confess

that... See more

The hardest truth about happiness is that it's a choice.

Watch how people discuss their problems. They'll spend hours explaining why things are terrible, how unfair life is, and how others need to change. But suggest they might have the power to improve things and they suddenly have countless reasons why that's impossible.

Self-pity feels safer... See more

Maturity is the ability to prioritize values before feelings.

The child does what feels right, the adult does what is right.