Those Who Have The Disease Called Jesus

The Conversation Of Most Middle-class Americans, We Are Told, Revolves Around Consumption: What To Buy, What Was Just Bought, Where To Eat, The Price Of The Neighbor's House, What's On Sale This Week, Our Clothes Or Someone Else's, The Best Car On The Market This Year, Where To Spend A Vacation. Apparently We Can't Stop Eating, Shopping, Or Consuming. Success Is Measured Not In Terms Of Love, Wisdom, And Maturity But By The Size Of One's Pile Of Possessions.

Today On Planet Earth, May You Experience The Wonder And Beauty Of Yourself As Abba’s Child And Temple Of The Holy Spirit Through Jesus Christ

To Affirm A Person Is To See The Good In Them That They Cannot See In Themselves And To Repeat It In Spite Of Appearances To The Contrary. Please, This Is Not Some Pollyanna Optimism That Is Blind To The Reality Of Evil, But Rather Like A Fine Radar System That Is Tuned In To The True, The Good, And The Beautiful.

Though It Is True That The Church Must Always Dissociate Itself From Sin, It Can Never Have Any Excuse For Keeping Any Sinner At A Distance.

Lord, When I Feel That What I'm Doing Is Insignificant And Unimportant, Help Me To Remember That Everything I Do Is Significant And Important In Your Eyes, Because You Love Me And You Put Me Here, And No One Else Can Do What I Am Doing In Exactly The Way I Do It.