Picking up a pen can be painful if you use it to write down your heart. I do – I journal. And so I had to write. The other night I was with a few friends and you know how conversation can get tricky when you talk about knowing God. Or Him knowing us. Interesting how that topic comes up when things aren’t going well – we … [Read more...]
Well of Meeting
What do we do with a lifetime of bad choices – simply quit and believe this is it? It doesn’t have to be the ending to our story. It wasn’t the ending for an unnamed woman whose story is in the fourth chapter of John – forty-two verses are devoted to her in the longest recorded dialogue Jesus has with anyone in the … [Read more...]
Faith Wide Awake
How would you describe the church of today? Growing and passionate or compromising and falling asleep? Depending where you are, it could be either. My missionary-granddaughter tells me she has experienced the most life and excitement in churches of the Third World. It's easy to believe. If we’re honest, here in America, … [Read more...]
Humility or Humiliation
We’ve all been humiliated at one red-faced moment or another – I’m just guessing. I’ve had more than my share of moments, sometimes brought on by me and sometimes brought on by another. But does it even matter? Living in a glass house lets humiliation shine through. So, I tried to define the difference between humility … [Read more...]
Keepsake Friends
Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another, “What, you too? I thought I was the only one.” CS Lewis You live with me – stuck in the same world where digital dialogue diminishes the capacity to connect – really connect. So, how can we get unstuck from abbreviated messages in the middle of a micro … [Read more...]