arts and culture on Spiritual Growth

Our problem with following Jesus is we’re trying to be a better version of us, rather than a more accurate reflection of Him.

Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

I can stick artificial flowers on this tree that will not flower; or I can create the conditions in which the tree is likely to flower naturally. I may have to wait longer for my real flowers; but the...

Self-acceptance gives assent to be who I am—a small, limited person with bents toward sin as well as hungers for holiness—and allows me to live with all my contradictions, because my will, at least on...