In a culture that insists on making God small, we can counteract the trend by focusing our imaginations on what is big. - Skye Jethani

Scripture and tradition tell us that formation into the likeness of Christ, also known as spiritual maturity, is not achieved by always getting what we want.

We've been conditioned to avoid silence at all costs lest we be confronted with our own inner chaos.

The personification of institutions in our culture means the institutional church, rather than the flesh-and-blood people of God, has become the vehicle of God's mission in the world. This is salvation via institution, paradise via programs.