Gravity. Greed. Grace
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Hospitality Toward the Clergy
The organizer of a congregation’s adult forum asked me to present a talk in a series on “hospitality.” I was asked to reflect from my pastoral experience on “hospitality toward the clergy.” Here was an unusual opportunity to bring attention to organizational and spiritual development at a critical inflection point in their story.
The Constant Instant
What lies at the bottom of this constant craving in our nature for more satisfaction? Nothing
lies at the bottom of constant craving. That’s the problem. That’s the marvel. Put into yourself what you will, of whatever nature and whatever number, these cannot fill you, for there is nothing at the bottom of you. You are an openness.
Called to the Stage
What is a prophet? Can it be said that it is God who calls a person to the stage of history? And how may they who speak, and they who listen, discern the impulse to speak as not mere psychological stimulation, or egotism, but a movement worthy of the name of God?
It’s About Time
Through forty years, I have meditated on Isak Dinesen’s three forms of true happiness. Much more than sports analogies await here, as you already see. Whenever we face a challenge—some kind of opponent—our imagination instantly delivers an assessment of our own resources. Can I meet it? Often, we fear not.
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