Journal

Spiritual Nutrition Versus Junk Food for the Soul

The soul wants one thing, the ego another. The soul requires essential things for its sustenance. The ego desires this and that to satisfy its appetites. There is a constant battle within us where spiritual nutrition for the soul is pitted against empty but comforting...

Coasting on Your Spiritual Reputation

When we coast on our spiritual reputation, we set ourselves up for living a duplicitous life. We lose the intensity of our faith and pursue interests that are counter to our original, hard-fought-for goals.

God will give you as much as you dare to receive

God's love and grace are so bountiful that we could never desire more than He already wants to give us. Our God is always inviting us to discover more. God wants to share so much with us - insights and intimate knowledge of Himself and his mysterious designs - and He...

Why God first?

God was a most wise Teacher when he gave us the Ten Commandments, which clearly put God first, followed by neighbor. He knew we’d never make it through the last seven commandments without accomplishing the first three.

Why Saints Are Really Great – or Not

Are saints really that great? They would be the first to say “no.” Yet we see something in them that makes them stand apart. What is it they do that the masses don’t? It’s a matter of extreme cooperation with God and His designs.