I re-read the crucifixion chapter in Lee Strobel’s The Case For Christ. Shocks and humbles and makes me teary every time. Spent most of the Good Friday service distracted by…
trust
living for the map or listening to Jesus
At any moment, I can be overwhelmingly in love with the moment I’m in and daydreaming about something different. Not an entirely different life, but a Mm, what would it…
living from here, not there
Inspired by another’s words, a writer I enjoy: “One of my practices for 2023 is the practice of being here, which, for me, means being acutely aware of what here…
God stays; will we?
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me;your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my…
silence, prayer and trust
“We fear silence. But the thing that calms that fear isn’t faith; it’s trust. Faith is the assurance of what we hope for. Trust is confidence in the character of…
when you feel frayed at the edges
“His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in…