The Coin of Faith
· 10 April 2008 | 598 words
From Br. Joseph -- There are two sides to faith, just as there are two sides to a coin. One side of the "coin of faith" looks externally, that is, it looks outside of our selves to others for examples...
Tag: faith (16 entries)
Dare to Trust
· 19 February 2008 | 359 words
From Br. Joseph -- This is the second reflection on seven signposts for the season of Lent (and for all seasons). Signposts give us direction. They point to some place. They involve action, movement. Many signposts call us to remember...
Keep Hope Alive
· 14 February 2008 | 313 words
From Br. Joseph -- This is the first reflection on seven signposts for the season of Lent (and for all seasons). Signposts give us direction. They point to some place. They involve action, movement. Many signposts call us to remember...
Seven Signposts
· 11 February 2008 | 898 words
Signposts point to where we want to go. Follow, or don't follow. There are seven signposts listed below because seven is the number of completeness. No claim of originality is made for the signs, excerpt maybe for their grouping. Keep...
Hope and Faith and Doubt
· 3 February 2008 | 750 words
I discovered an essay titled "Hope" almost a month ago. I do not normally write in response to other people's writing, and I am reluctant to even post this now, but the tone of the essay bothered me because it...
Trees of Winter
· 17 November 2007 | 13 words
Leaves fall and trees wait, Naked they stand through winter, Testaments of faith....
The Question
· 11 November 2007 | 1563 words
In The Shattered Lantern, Ronald Rolheiser quotes Dag Hammarskjöld: I don't know Who--or what--put the question, I don't know when it was put. I don't even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone--or Something--and from...
Hope and Faith
· 30 October 2007 | 258 words
From Br. Joseph -- Hope keeps faith alive, and faith rekindles hope when all seems lost. At one point in Hannah Hurnard's allegorical book of the spiritual journey, "Hind's Feet on High Places", the protagonist is having a particularly tough...
In God’s Hands — Why Worry?
· 7 October 2007 | 162 words
The thought that the affairs of the world, like those of the stars, are in God's hands--and therefore in good hands--apart from being actually true, is something that should give great satisfaction to anyone who looks to the future...
Among All That Debris
· 28 September 2007 | 616 words
Some quotations from Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love by Thomas Keating that have been lanterns of hope along the path through the valley... The absence of the felt presence of The Lord is his normal means of increasing our...
The Breath of Faith
· 27 May 2007 | 303 words
Breath is as essential attribute of one's person, whose existence we may only infer through other media: the sight of our chest rising and falling, the sound of air rushing into our sinuses, the disturbance of the atmosphere near...
The Border
· 10 April 2007 | 14 words
On the thin border between faith and doubt walks Christ, calling all to trust....
Trust and Forgiveness
· 21 March 2007 | 162 words
No one sin is too much for God to forgive. Sometimes that is hard to believe. Or maybe it's too much to trust? If you think your sin is too bad, then it's pride that is helping you to hold...
Dare to Trust
· 20 March 2007 | 84 words
It's Spring Break, and I've stepped out of the iHermitage to look around a little. In "It's Not About Belief" by Jon Zuck, I found this intriguing little tidbit that adds another way to look at something: The Greek word...
Living Faith
· 1 January 2007 | 342 words
I have had several people at different times tell me in counsel to "live my faith." I was usually struggling through something at the time, a bit lost and confused about certain things, and my initial response every time was,...
Purpose
· 14 December 2006 | 257 words
I have been struggling with purpose lately, my purpose. What specifically is my purpose in life? What is my part in the big picture of God's plan? I know and trust that God has a purpose for all things, including...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us