The belly of the beast

Die before you die

When we die before we die, we are surrendering to the Real, to union with God—now—and therefore later too.

Surrender and letting go

Surrender and letting go might sound like losing, but they are actually about accessing a deeper sense of the self, which is already whole and filled with abundant life.

Learned ignorance

Contemplation brings us to the place of divine fullness where hope lives. Contemplation is living in a unity that produces a deep non-rational, and calm hope. God allows us to bring “on earth what is in heaven” every time we can allow, receive, and forgive the conflicts of the moment and sit in some degree of contentment.

The belly of the beast

Sooner or later, life is going to lead us into the belly of the beast, into a situation that we can’t fix, can’t control, and can’t explain or understand. That’s where transformation most quickly happens. That’s when we’re uniquely in the hands of God.

Stop all weighing and measuring.

If you try to understand God’s grace by any ledger of merit, you will never understand it.