Diana Butler Bass A culture unto itself The following sharp assessment came from an Anglican in Sydney, Australia: “I’m continually being disappointed by (bordering on disillusioned by) the institutional church. Institutional self-preservation seems more important than those…
Diana Butler Bass It’s Easy to Have Gratitude When… | A Conversation Between Diana Butler Bass and Anne Lamott
Diana Butler Bass Gratitude involves not only what we feel, but also what we do. It cannot be overstated that gratitude is an emotion, a complex set of feelings involving appreciation, humility, wonder, and interdependence. Gratitude is, however, more than just an emotion. It is…
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Diana Butler Bass Jesus gives water, and he is water. SCRIPTURE: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, “Give me a drink,” you would have asked him, and he would have…
Diana Butler Bass The earth as part of the body of God The late Irish Catholic priest and philosopher John O’Donohue called the land “the firstborn of creation” and the “condition of the possibility of everything.” The earth itself, he insisted, holds…
Diana Butler Bass How do you experience gratitude when feelings are elusive? How do you experience gratitude when feelings are elusive? Emotions are random things. Love, sadness, joy, fear. Very few are predictable, and most move like winds through our lives. They…
Diana Butler Bass Places of renewal, hospitality, and spiritual vision “Ancient biblical tradition suggests that waters—wells, spring, oases—are also places of renewal, hospitality, and spiritual vision, where human beings see God and receive God’s blessing.” (Grounded, p. 73) SCRIPTURE: With…
Diana Butler Bass As a Christian and a human being, I was appalled by Trump’s church photo op by Diana Butler Bass https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/opinions/trump-st-johns-visit-isnt-religion-butler-bass/
