Process
“…“what does it mean to process something?” To process something means to have gained understanding and acceptance about any particular...
Food
“Virtues and vices are the food of the soul, which can feed on either one, turning to whichever one it wants to. If it is bent toward...
Fear (and Conflict)
“…we were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears (2 Corinthians 7:5). In this passage St. Paul captures what...
Fulfillment
“The opposite of autonomy is theonomy. This is the belief that the fulfillment of human existence, while it begins in this world, is...
Restraint
“Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a...
Worldview (Changing the World)
“The world here [1 John 2:15-16] is creation after the fall and under the dominion of Satan. It is creation no longer oriented toward...
Consciousness
“The Incarnation shows us that the divine world and the personal world coexist within each human being. It is when the two natures live...
Comfort and Discomfort
“...the world is not interested in giving, or forgiving, or joy, or peace. It is interested in survival, in making a buck, in comfort and...
Bad Choices
"The Fall of mankind away from God is essentially a corruption of the will of man, making it difficult to choose what is right and...
Feelings
“We all want to avoid the discomforts of life—whether they’re physical or relational. When we can’t, we feel out of control and...