When We Realize That We

Prayer Is Not So Much About Convincing God To Do What We Want God To Do As It Is About Convincing Ourselves To Do What God Wants Us To Do.

Today The Logic Goes Something Like This: 'calling A Ruler Son Of God Is Out Of Style. No One Really Does That Nowadays. We Can Support A President While Also Worshiping Jesus As The Son Of God.' But How Is This Possible? For One Says That We Must Love Our Enemies, And The Other Says We Must Kill Them; One Promotes The Economics Of Competition, While The Other Admonishes The Forgiveness Of Debts. To Which Do We Pledge Allegiance?

God Doesn't Want To Change The World Without You.

God Can Use Anything, And Anyone - Even A King Or A President, Even A Tax Collector Or A Businessman, A Priest Or A Prostitute, A Republican Or A Democrat.

The Monastic Folks Have The Spirit Of Being In The World But Not Of The World, Sort Of Peculiar People Who Have Gone To The Desert To Live On The Margins Of The Empire.