“We say we long for intimacy with God and others, and yet we structure our lives so that this becomes impossible. One might think we are avoiding intimacy, that maybe we really like our finely managed lives just the way… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder whether our churches--living as we do in American death-denying culture, relentlessly smiling through our praise choruses--are inadvertently helping people live not… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“The wealthy, Jesus says, can only get into heaven through the eye of a needle; the same applies to churches wealthy in numbers and… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
To paraphrase Paul, God often uses the cheesy to confound the sophisticated. He regularly honors those who are confused about his leading as if… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“What we feel and how we feel is far more important than what we think and how we think. Feeling is the stuff of… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience. — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“For his own unfathomable reasons, God chooses to disguise himself when he comes to this planet, and there have been few disguises better than… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom," says Paul. And we are most in line with the Spirit, most faithfully obedient,… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
I like a tranquil, even-keeled, self-controlled God. A God who doesn't fly off the handle at the least provocation. A God who lives one… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
God's love for us is uncoerced and so freely given that it does not demand a response. But so freely is it given that… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“In our desire to be real we start thinking that authenticity is another word for spontaneity, as if everything we say at the spur… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
“By participating in the liturgy, we’re doing more than “attending a service.” We are entering a story—a story in which we also play a… — Mark Galli Copy Share Image
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