God Persists in Love.
Since God persists in love, no matter how dark things get, God is not preoccupied nor enfeebled by our “sin.” This is true because God doesn’t see sin but wholeness.…
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Too Busy Loving Us
Part of the quest is to be freed from everything that is not God. Eckhart thought we should rid ourselves of the irrelevant stuff, the tired views of God and…
Be on the Lookout
My friend Mirabai Starr, a mystic who writes about mystics, says, “Once you know the God of Love, you fire all the other gods.” It is always hard for us…
Believing in Love
I don’t think I’m at death’s door, but I find myself assessing things I believe as I inch toward that door. I believe the following things: God is in the…
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…
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…