Archive - The Inward Odyssey

Nothing is more attractive than someone free from self-consciousness

Jonathan R. Bailey

Mar 24

The puzzling truth about a painless life is that it leads to destruction

Jonathan R. Bailey

Mar 17

Salvation requires struggle

Jonathan R. Bailey

Mar 10

Our faith is deepened by doubt

Jonathan R. Bailey

Mar 3

February 2023

It’s only when we venture into inhuman landscapes, that we find the terrain for becoming human.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Feb 24

When self-imposed checks spring from love, they feed love.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Feb 22

Temptation, wisely used, can actually make us stronger.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Feb 17

Our fears about past confessions are the pure temptation of the devil.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Feb 10

God’s love woos and weans, pulls and pushes, draws and drives.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Feb 3

January 2023

Meekness is not a deficiency of strength, it’s a disguised and abundant kind.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Jan 27

Sometimes you want to talk to your son, and sometimes you want to hold him tight in silence.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Jan 20

The Illuminative way is the season of outward vitality, growth, and transformation.

Jonathan R. Bailey

Jan 13

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