Finding Spirit in Our Surroundings Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. Psalm 139:7-8 A primary reason, I believe, we live in such a lonely, isolated, and narcissistic society … Continue reading Finding Spirit in Our Surroundings
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The Exodus Revisited
The Exodus Revisited Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to … Continue reading The Exodus Revisited
Service to Others
Service to Others …whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve... Matthew 20:26b-28a In what we call The Golden Rule, Jesus tells us to treat others … Continue reading Service to Others
The Sign of Jonah
The Sign of Jonah Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” Matthew 12:38-39 Many of … Continue reading The Sign of Jonah
Living Beyond Words
Living Beyond Words There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 It is common to have a narrative running nonstop in our heads. Most of us are more present to the … Continue reading Living Beyond Words
The 5 S’s to a God Experience
The Five S’s to a God Experience Be still, and know that I am God! Psalm 46:10a Over the past few weeks I have covered a few states of being that put us in a position of least resistance to experience God’s presence. They are silence, stillness, solitude, simplicity, and surrender. Interestingly, none of these … Continue reading The 5 S’s to a God Experience
Podcast of Surrender
Surrender
Surrender See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. Those who stay in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but those who go out and surrender to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have their lives as a … Continue reading Surrender
Finding Simplicity
Finding Simplicity Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:28-29 We live in complex times. We enter … Continue reading Finding Simplicity
Finding Solitude
Finding Solitude For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. Psalm 52:1,5 To be in solitude is to be alone – really alone. Solitude may happen by a personal choice, or it may be forced upon … Continue reading Finding Solitude
Contemplating Grace 