How is it that people think I want to hear details about another person’s life, especially someone I don’t even know? Why do you repeat to me the gossip about me? Read more…

I was given a copy of a book for Christmas. It’s too intimately autobiographical for me in many places, but like all Christian spirituality it has gems for even people like me. Read more…

Love, heavenly love, the love which Jesus commands us to love, is not an emotion. Read more…

If you expect your preacher to present an inspiring sermon then you don’t love her. If the preacher expects the assembled people to pay attention then the preacher does not love them. Read more…

I count JS as a Blogland friend, and this from his newest book is a wonderful modern take on the Great Commandments as Jesus taught!