What claims our attention, and what does it cost us? Father Lee reflects on faith, fear, and the daily loyalties that shape how we love the people near us.
The life of faith does not answer all the questions — it changes you in the asking of them. It does not resolve the tension between what we know and what we don't.
Prayer is the practice of remaining in relationship with a God who is not obligated to give us what we ask but who has promised not to abandon us in the asking
Of the three persons of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is the one most people are least sure about. It gets described an energy, a feeling, a dove, a flame, a wind...
The case for church is not that it's the best available provider of spiritual goods. The case is that it's trying to do something different that can't be done alone.