Love Archives

A Universal Call to Love

I agree with this book's spirit -- we should live God's love for all people -- but I reject its conclusion that only those who embrace universalism can love all people. We can universally love all people without embracing universalism. »MORE

All Law and No Love

The same disgust, dreariness, and soul-deadness I felt at the DMV is the reaction that many people have to organized religion, that is, to the church. »MORE

Anything - Love = Nothing

A simple-but-hard formula »MORE

Back to Virtue

We are to make every effort to add virtue to our faith (2 Peter 1:5). This book will go a long way in helping us do this. »MORE

Beloved... Pass It On!

By loving us as he is loved by the Father, Jesus draws us into the circle of divine love. It is this "eternal life" which he both reveals and shares. He does not merely proclaim his divinity, but discloses a life of communion. Jesus invites us to find our deepest identity ("beloved") and make our home ("abide") in his source of joy - God's love! »MORE

Desert Spirituality

Humility is not so much a virtue as it is an attitude of heart that underlies all Christian virtues. It is humility that keeps us from distorting Christianity into dry intellectualism or mere moralism. The goal of Christian spirituality is love, not self-actualization. Humility allows us to see people as God sees them - and love them as God loves them! »MORE

Good Lovin' Gone Bad

Our natural tendency to make idols - even out of good things - demands our constant awareness of our need for Charity in all things! »MORE

Love's Only Demand

Love demands to be returned by love -- no more, no less. »MORE

Perfect Love

Tragically, "we [often] have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another" (Jonathan Swift). It is easy to justify hatred with a cloak of righteousness. The "greater righteousness" of Jesus will not allow such travesties to occur. »MORE

The Discipline of Love

It is easy to be in love with the idea of love, but difficult to truly love people. Ultimately love, in theory, detached from others, is empty of significance. »MORE

The High Cost of Love

Are you willing to accept the mental and emotional price that comes with caring for people - with all their flaws? »MORE

The Price of True Intimacy

We fantasize of a perfect, ideal, care-free relationship. But all relationships in this life are relationships with real sinners »MORE