We must be cautious in claiming that God is on our side on any issue. Yet, we must be motivated by faith to take the difficult stance even when the church’s moral witness is in process, unfinished, incomplete, and uncertain.
Category: Social Issues
Your Struggles Affect Me / Spiritual Meditations
Paul declared, “if one member suffers, all suffer together with it” This is true both within and outside of the church. We live in an interconnected world. The struggles of our neighbors affect us.
Your Witness to Black Market Slavery /Spiritual Meditations
We hear of child abduction and are unable to help. But your reaction to this worldwide crime can save a lost child without putting yourself at risk; it’s a crime hidden in plain sight.
Reversing the Little Known Causes of Prejudice/Spiritual Meditations
Prejudice can target anyone different than us. Yet Jesus told a parable targeting those who are over confident in their own righteousness.
Unleash Your Good Samaritan Impulses /Spiritual Meditations
Reading the parable of the Good Samaritan, we typically vilify the priest and the Levite, yet we exhibit the same avoidance behavior regularly. How can we recognize and overcome our tendencies to ignore opportunities to show compassion?
The Key to Loving Your Enemies / Spiritual Meditations
No part of the Sermon on the Mount is more challenging than it’s teaching to love our enemies. Here are some tips to help you attain that love.
You’re Not a Likely Victim – Trust / Spiritual Meditations
Are we a species doom to kill and be killed? Our constant exposure to bad news is overpowering our sense of trust in God. and what statistics prove.
Fear-the Hidden Poison of Politics | Spiritual Meditations
God tells us over and over again in the scriptures (365 times or there about) “do not fear.” Yet when politicians don’t follow the ‘golden rule’, they create fears that are unfounded and we believe them.
Confession-Blogging Was Not My Idea | Spiritual Meditations
You would think that we all have something we consider worthy of being conveyed to others. But not me. I had no aspirations to write. My passion for spiritualty was the only realm in which I felt I could generate any worthwhile thoughts. Yet I had no topic ideas whatsoever. As I got up from prayer, eight topics poured into my mind….God’s affirmation.
God’s Unsung Gift to You-Free Will/ Spiritual Meditations
The agony we feel when we see loved ones or friends ruining their lives, or, at least, making bad choices, often brings us to our knees before God.