If We Can Reawaken That Fierce Quality

What Strikes Me About Jesus Is That He Is A Remarkably True Person; He Never Changes His Personality To Fit In With Whatever Crowd He Finds Himself. He Is Simply Himself, And He Never Plays To His Audience.

Most Of What You Encounter When You Meet A Man Is A Facade, An Elaborate Fig Leaf, A Brilliant Disguise.

We Are Not Inviting—we Are Guarded. Most Of Our Energy Is Spent Trying To Hide Our True Selves, And Control Our Worlds To Have Some Sense Of Security.

Moses Does Not Encounter The Living God At The Mall. He Finds Him (or Is Found By Him) Somewhere Out In The Deserts Of Sinai, A Long Way From The Comforts Of Egypt... Where Did The Great Prophet Elijah Go To Recover His Strength? To The Wild. As Did John The Baptist, And His Cousin, Jesus, Who Is Led By The Spirit Into The Wilderness.

When A Woman Forsakes Her Vulnerability Because She's Been Hurt Or Because She Lives In A Dangerous World Or Doesn't Want To Be Used, She Loses Something Essential About Being A Woman.