Readers of The Pew are familiar with the importance of finding a “special place” for meditation and prayer. This sacred space doesn’t have to be the same physical location every time. It can be found on a quiet, windswept beach, in the solitude of a towering mountain range during a long weekend getaway, or on…
Channels of Hate
Do not speak evil against one another, brothers and sisters…..There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor? — James 4:11-12. This biblical passage serves as a reminder against the human impulse to pass judgment. In our modern age, one of the most…
Exaltation
The wisdom of Luke 14:11—”For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted”—is a message I could reflect on and write about for a lifetime. I’ve been tempted to print it on postcards and send one to every person in power, but the truth is, this isn’t just…
Stubborn Fool Am I
I am learning more about my relationship with God every day. Packing for a move will cause one to invoke his name a whole lot. — Webb Hubbell. My words have a lot of truth to them, but not in the way you might expect. We often think we can do what we did twenty,…
Simple and Sincere
I will try this day to live a simple, sincere, and serene life…. — The beginning of “A Morning Resolve.” A hearty laugh escaped my lips upon reading: “I will try this day to live a simple, sincere, and serene life.” It’s the kind of aspiration that sounds lovely in the abstract, perhaps envisioned amidst a…