In humanity we see something profoundly beautiful—God’s own image made visible.
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After each instance of creation, God looks and sees the good made visible.
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The beautiful things we create are an attempt to replicate the goodness we’ve found in God’s beautiful world.
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We don’t need fresh knowledge, we need to practice what we know.
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As we work with spiritual practices of abstinence, Christ teaches us how to pursue the beautiful without being pained by it.
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The ironic thing about magnanimous people is that their lives are worthy of recognition but they don’t seek it.
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In the wilderness there is grace, grace to heal, preserve, even transform.
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Christ remains the source and summation of the beautiful. And we only participate in it because He overflows with it.
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That’s what it means to be God, to be so great that your power and humility don’t contradict.
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When the Christ life gets a hold of us and starts unwinding envy, we begin doing something odd, we enjoy regarding one another more important than ourselves (Philippians 2:3).
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As we pursue purgation we notice something new, something that quite possibly wasn’t there before, something drawing us to, “the mysterious vitality of trees, the silent magic of the forest.”
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When we begin the crucified life (mortification) we send out a signal somewhere in the Universe. The devil goes to battle with those in obedience.
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Gluttony is the sinful pattern of using food or drink to fill some vacancy in our soul.
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If we keep stepping forward–not perfectly, but persistently–we can overcome.
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Pain and suffering not only reveal to us the unseen layers of our brokenness, but it can be one of the important ways virtue is tested.
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Our world and our lives have an infinite range of possibilities for becoming.
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Vainglory is what our desire for recognition and approval looks like in a disordered state.
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Acquiring the virtues is about growing into the kind of person who can love like God loves. It's about becoming an artisan of love.
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Can we listen to that dull ache in our lower back or those grey cloudy thoughts that keep circling around our mind.
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Pride is the shape of a wilting soul, and the breeding-ground of all the other vices that erode the image of God inside of us.
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