Richard Kinney

Click here to listen to this teaching. This talk is R-rated for adults only. Our world is full of empty words and slogans that really don't do much for any of us. Examples: “I'm sorry for your loss.” “Thank you for your service.” “How are you?” when you really don't want to know. Why not try: “Wow. I heard your mom passed. That's such a big change.” “I'm so glad that I live in a country where powerful young people choose to defend it,” followed by, “Can I buy you a beer or dinner?” or, “Thank...

Click here to listen to Dangerous Love. “This love is getting kind of dangerous.” The song lyric really reached out and hit me in the face. Give a listen to the song White Horse by Chris Stapleton. There is an urgency and a passion in the music that is central to what I want to talk about today. Three or four years ago, I got very sick. I lost a lot of what I cared about and had sacrificed for. And I was greatly humbled by being so weak and out of it. Thankfully, good friends stuck by me in...

Click here to listen. Genesis 1:1–2 says: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void. Darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” 1. What Emptiness Really Is Emptiness is not abandonment. It is not cold, endless isolation. It is not the terror of floating alone in a black universe. Emptiness is receptivity. It is the condition that allows something greater than you to move toward you, speak...