Status Updates From Holy Unhappiness: God, Good...

"It has helped me to think of fear and hope less as thoughts that live in my mind and more as actions that live in my body. Fear, I think, will always occupy space in my brain , but it doesn't have to animate my hands, my feet, or my mouth. And hope must do more than enliven my thoughts. It must set my body in motion."

"Wouldn't it be interesting to cultivate a way of being with God and one another that is lean enough to live in the wilderness as long as necessary?"

Some days making the world just a little bit better is resting my weary body. My body is part of the world. We steward creation by stewarding ourselves..

Loving others well is inherently inconvenient. Community, by its very nature, is perilous to the ego. When you truly invest in a relationship, you risk being hurt. When you love your neighbor, not just your clique, you risk being challenged. You risk being exposed or told you might be wrong. You risk being asked to give more than you get, to experience as many withdrawals as deposits."

It's easy for church to become a place where we gather to consume content, rather than to commune in love.

"You are always haunted by the hope of something better around the corner. Happier horizons and brighter futures beckon us. There will always be another job that will be more meaningful. There will always be another ministry that appears more important or exciting. There will always be another person you are convinced would have made a better partner. There is always an elusive someday when you will feel well rested,

"no one person can possibly meet all our practical, emotional, and spiritual needs. No one person holds the keys to our happily ever after. It takes a village, not just to raise a child, but to survive as a human. "