Inner and Outer Conflict

One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, worshiper of God, listened and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in[read more]

Becoming Nobody

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives he one who sent me.” John 13:20   We often speak of “contemplation” as if it is some kind of personal spiritual achievement. There is often about our way of speaking of contemplative action the sense[read more]