Jesus makes light the burdens of trouble. Put your shoulder to the plow Jesus offers and get so much help it feels like you don’t have a yoke on at all. “Come to me, all who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves because my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30 God’s Word). Read more…

Religious people don’t read and study the Bible much. They do talk a lot about how to interpret it, though. They even talk about “how this applies to our life today” as though they needed to bring life to a dead carcass of outdated ramblings.

The spiritual person reacts like this Read more…

To what will I compare the spiritual life? Read more…

Is there one thing, above all others, that a person can do that will lead to a spiritual life and leave behind the religious Christian life? Read more…

Today is All Saints Day. Very recently The Vatican made a saint of Kateri Tekakwitha. As a student of history I read biographies of those people the institution of Christian religion has elevated to such honour. I respect them for their faith lived. They inspire me. But… Read more…