Stories Are Verbal Acts Of Hospitality.

No Life Of Faith Can Be Lived Privately. There Must Be Overflow Into The Lives Of Others.

"sabbath Is Not Primarily About Us Or How It Benefits Us; It Is About God, And How God Forms Us. It Is Not, In The First Place, About What We Do Or Don't Do; It Is About God - Completing And Resting And Blessing And Sanctifying. These Are All Things That We Don't Know Much About......but It Does Mean Stopping And Being Quiet Long Enough To See - Open-mouthed - With Wonder - Resurrection Wonder.....we Cultivate The "fear Of The Lord". Our Souls Are Formed By What We Cannot Work Up Or Take Charge Of. We Respond And Enter Into What The Resurrection Of Jesus Continues To Do."

I Believe God Takes The Things In Our Lives - Family, Background, Education - And Uses Them As Part Of His Calling. It Might Not Be To Become A Pastor. But I Don't Think God Wastes Anything.

Waiting Means Going About Our Assigned Tasks, Confident That God Will Provide The Meaning And The Conclusions.

Wisdom Is The Art Of Living Skillfully In Whatever Actual Conditions We Find Ourselves.