Suffering’s downward force is met and more than matched by God. The more we learn to see this and participate with it, with God, the more we can transform ourselves and the world around us.

If we don’t admit our limitations, we’re not apt to see the greater picture, the more refined understanding, the corrections needed to keep growing, learning, and drawing closer to God and how God made things.

The voice of God within you is the force urging you to keep looking, to doubt the deprivation talk, and to take your place with God in the coming of the Kingdom.

If you were God, what would you say to you? Maybe you’re already familiar with God’s voice within?

Some popular theologies call this self-centeredness. God calls it a relationship.

There are all kinds of ways to chicken out of seeing the ball laying squarely at our feet. And, oh, God wants us to pick it up!

It is a profoundly humbling truth. God and me. God and you. God and us. It is rarely just God.

No one cares if you’ve had an abortion, if you’re struggling with your gender, or if you have an assault rifle at home.

It’s time we voice our dissatisfaction with the God of the public square.

I am no obstacle for God.

We can grow in our awareness of just how influential we can be simply by being mindful.