Tag Archives: Holy Spirit
So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. (Time – Pink Floyd)
I remember, as a child, feeling…..
The Bible calls us to be Holy like He is Holy. A worthy goal to be sure, but sadly this endeavor often gets confused with ritual and law and we end up taking pride in our moral cardiovascular fitness rather than humbly offering a broken and contrite heart.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O…..
In a previous blog, I suggested that the source of our societal dysfunction is the original sin of trying to be God. I pointed out that the divine spark that New Ager’s tell us is found within has become an arsonist that has set our lives on fire. Sadly, we look on as it burns because we are just grateful…..
Paul tells us that we are temples where the Holy Spirit can dwell. Sadly, most of our sanctuaries are empty, bereft of any sound except the sigh of our beleaguered souls. It is only when our temples are filled with the Holy Spirit that our inarticulate groaning can become a choir. Just as each human voice box has a…..
When we suffer, we want answers, and we want them now. But most of the time we don’t receive an immediate response. Why does God delay in answering? Is He deaf to our cries? Maybe what He is really doing is silently drawing closer to us so He doesn’t miss a word of our complaint. Maybe he is honoring the liturgy of lament before He offers His beatific benediction. God’s perceived delay may actually be the precious time He gives us to…..
