by Guy Sayles | Mar 1, 2011 |
Fear is faith’s adversary. Fear makes us see the world as a dangerous place, shrouded in darkness and stalked by death. So, we build thick walls around our hearts and high-fences around our loved ones. To protect ourselves from hurt, we push aside adventure. To...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 22, 2011 |
Early on, I bought the idea—maybe you bought it, too—that the older I got and the more I learned, the more I would know for sure. As time went by, I’d have more understanding and fewer questions. I liked that idea, so I stocked the warehouse of mind full of facts. By...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 16, 2011 |
A final post about “my witness,” brief reflections on truths I have learned from my experience with Jesus. Our world, torn asunder by division and hostility, needs people who will embrace Jesus’ calling to be peacemakers, not just peacekeepers and conflict-avoiders....
by Guy Sayles | Feb 13, 2011 |
A fourth post about “my witness,” brief reflections on truths I have learned from my experience with Jesus. For me, no other story makes as much sense out of the perplexity and mystery of life as the story of Jesus. His story fires my imagination and warms my heart. I...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 11, 2011 |
A third post about “my witness”–brief reflections on truths I have learned from my experience with Jesus. God made all people and gave everyone an ineradicable dignity. God loves all people unconditionally and passionately. And, God’s love, made...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 8, 2011 |
A second post about “my witness,” brief reflections on truths I have learned from my experience with Jesus. In the last post, I wrote about my core conviction all people bear God’s image and have, for that reason, ineradicable dignity and inestimable worth. A reading...
by Guy Sayles | Feb 5, 2011 |
A wise teacher told his disciples that the wonder and mystery of God are too vast for words. So they asked him, “Then why do you talk about God at all?” He shrugged and answered: “Why does a bird sing?” The novelist Nikos Kazantzakis wrote: “I said to the almond tree,...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 30, 2011 |
He shuffled slowly along the sidewalk, stoop shouldered, holding tightly to his walker. He had tried to comb his hair, but some of it had resisted going into place. His shirttail was more untucked than tucked, but I could tell that this was a man who, at one time, had...
by Guy Sayles | Jan 24, 2011 |
I spend a lot of my time in-between experience and words. By experience I simply mean whatever it is that happens to, in and around me: the events I participate in, the people I encounter, and the thoughts and images that arise, invited or not, in my mind and heart....
by Guy Sayles | Jan 17, 2011 |
I am sure you have heard about the wise and respected rabbi whose student once asked, “Rabbi, why is it that you answer all of our questions with a question?” The rabbi replied: “What’s wrong with answering your questions with a question?” There have been times in my...
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