As part of a gathering a while back, I planned a 30-minute window of solitude and silence to reflect on Jesus? way of life and leadership. One of the passages I was drawn to was the beatitudes in Matthew 5. What was Jesus? message? What was Jesus? way? Matthew 5:3-6 ?Blessed are the poor in […]

I?ve come across a potent quotation about the hidden price tag of our remarkable technological progress. It comes from a book on the spiritual reading of Scripture (the discipline of lectio divina) by Thelma Hall. Don?t feel bad if you have to read it more than once. I?ve read it over and over because it […]

I was thinking about what James says about confession in his letter: Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (TNIV) There are some rather obvious implications that seem to be rarely practiced in our […]

How does God go about increasing our spiritual stamina, extending our persevering faithfulness and enriching our grace-orientation in relation to Himself and others? He does so by pressing us past what we thought were our limits, by making faithfulness more challenging than it used to be, and by opening our eyes to the shortcomings of […]

I?ve taken the title of this blogpost from a book by the same name written by Thomas H. Green. It is well worth the read. On this theme, Laura Swan describes an experience that many of us who have been Christians very long can recognize: ?Often the early years of our spiritual journey are filled […]