Taken by Surprise Some time ago I read a newspaper article about a couple who had been married for over fifty years. The husband made a remark that has always stuck with me. He said that after so many years, he knew his wife extremely well, but that every once in a while she did […]
Whatever We Ask
Don?t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. (John 14:10 NIV) The Father and the Son could not be closer […]
A Day of God’s Favor
Let?s enjoy a portion of Luke 4. A couple of lines caught my attention. I?ve included my own prayer, and what I sensed God saying to me through this text. Morning Prayer. Luke 4:14, 18 ?Jesus returned to Galilee [after His temptation in the wilderness] in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him […]
Impatience: True Confessions of an Impatient Man
Years ago, my Uncle Kevin would bring me the weirdest ?presents.? One year, it was an old fluorescent tube light for an RV with wires hanging out. I could make it work by sticking the wires into the electrical outlet. Another time, it was half of an old 8-mm video camera that he said I […]
Journaling: Scripture Journaling
Last month, I mentioned a spiritual practice that I often find life-giving: scripture journaling. (You can read that post for more insight). Here are some insights that came as I read, reflected on and journaled in response to Psalm 24. 1?The earth is the?Lord?s,?and everything in it, ????the world, and all who live in it; […]
Unconditional Love
What sort of emotions do you experience when you think about the future? Excitement? Fear? Joy? Anxiety? The New Testament doesn?t tell us everything we want to know about the future, but it certainly tells us the one thing we need to know more than anything else. For I am convinced that neither death nor […]
Spiritual Practice: Scripture Journaling
One of the spiritual practices that I find enriching is to simply journal insights that come as I reflect on a particular text. Here is a journal entry from some recent reflection on the story of Bartimaeus the blind man (Mark 10:46-52). I later used this passage to open a spiritual retreat for a ministry […]
