Sublime

For Augustine, we are made for joy. Joy is another name for the rest we find when we give ourselves over to the One who, for the joy that was set before him, gave himself for us. We find joy when we look for the satisfaction of our hungers in the Triune God who will never leave us or forsake us, when we find our enjoyment in an immortal God whose l

You only discover balance in your life when you learn to trust the flow of this ancient rhythm.

He matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weakness he gives us strength and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity.

Prayer allows God to be God. And prayer also allows our secret selves to be themselves.

Ocean Poet

Then what is essential, I think, is to live life in wonder. All this magic that’s around us, but we let it go by! In Asia they say life is a great river, and it will flow, no matter what you do or don’t do. We can decide to flow with the river, and live in peace and joy and love, or we can decide to battle it, and live in agony and despair. But the

Maybe it is the role of the artists and mystics to attend to the seeming emptiness about us and find incredible riches there.

Johnson shares that while experiencing joy, we don’t lose ourselves, we become more truly ourselves.