Invited to Joy
Jesus invites us to joy. The holiness to which we are called is to know joy in its fullness. We let ourselves be drawn to the Tender One whose face…
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Unshakably Good
I told the crowd that two unwavering principles held at Homeboy Industries were the following: 1) Everyone is unshakably good (no exceptions) and 2) We belong to each other (no…
Seeing Differently
It’s about seeing differently. We then undertake the search for innocence in the other. We cease to find the guilty party. We no longer divide into camps: Heroes and Villains.…
Just Show Up
It may now be safe to say that our God does not need to be calmed down, nor is ever irate nor filled with wrath. All the mystics have come…
Unshakable
People settle for saying that every human being is “worthy” or “valuable.” But these ideas are still stuck in the “measurable.” “He is a valuable member of our team.” “He…
Nothing Can Move the Dial
We ask ourselves, what can move the dial on God’s love for us? Nothing. It is always at its highest setting. After all, God’s love for me is zero dependent…
The Tender One
At one time or another, we all had a version of God that was rigid. But the depth of our own experience tells us that our idea of God wants…
Kinship
For Jesus, the self that needs to die is the one that wants to be separate. This is the self that recoils from kinship with others and balks at union…
Astonish the World
Now, we can be astonished at the authority of Jesus, who calls us to love our enemies. Or we can just love our enemies and so astonish the world as…
Kinship
No daylight to separate us. Only kinship. Inching ourselves closer to creating a community of kinship such that God might recognize it. Soon we imagine, with God, this circle of…