I love this quote from Brian Zahnd. on prayer: “The primary purpose of prayer is not to get God to do what we think God ought to do, but to be properly formed.”Brian Zahnd
God doesn’t call us to a specific suffering, or allow an illness, or a tragedy to befall us. I wonder if it is simply easier to believe God ordains suffering, illness, or tragedy, than to accept the randomness of being human in a messy world?
“Your body is not a commodity. It is not something to be used or abused. And it is certainly not irrelevant in your spiritual life. It is a sacred, intricately designed organism that is an inexplicable Part of you. I will never find you anywhere other than your...
