There was once a boy, his name was Samuel, and he loved God. Samuel is a rather iconic figure in the Old Testament. He anointed first Saul, then David as Kings of Israel. Before that he served God faithfully as both Priest and Judge. Even the very beginning of his story is remarkable, as we […]
Love One Another: A Walk Through John 13 for Passover
It’s Good Friday, the night we recognize the Passover meal that was Christ’s Last Supper. His last evening with His disciples and His crucifixion. Today I want to spend some time in a passage of scripture from that evening, a passage I consider to be one of the most intimate, the most beautiful, and the most profound. […]
Set Us Free.
I wonder how many reading this post are struggling with sin in their life. It’s overwhelming isn’t it? Sometime it seems to get to the point that we are just no longer in control, our sin is. I don’t want to minimize this struggle, and I recognize that with some things, some serious addictions, we […]
Lifting Him Up, Because He Was Lifted Up!
I talk quite a bit about the life God calls us to. A life of radical love for people and of an obsession and focus placed on Christ’s face. A life that isn’t easy but so very worth it. Sometimes when looking at this kind of life we are inspired and discouraged at the same […]
Finding Truth in an Age of Reason
We live in the information age! The every day person has more information accessible to them than at any other time in history! We can go out on this thing called the internet and research all kinds of things, find all kinds of information. Yet truth it seems, is harder than ever to find. Reason […]
Risking Responsibility
I once heard a story about a culture that did not consider an adult to be a true “adult” until they had a child. An internet search can’t find confirmation of this culture, but I find the idea to be interesting. The idea that we don’t really understand responsibility until we are responsible for another […]
Hearts and Souls and the Drive of Meaning
The other day I started playing a rather popular game on facebook. Candy Crush. I hated it. It’s a silly game, and at first it was a little fun. But as the levels got more and more difficult it started to get annoying. I would spend two or three days trying to get past one […]
The Tapestry of the World
The Bible is full of horrible things. Rape, murder, human sacrifice, incest, slavery, genocide, they all abound. Jealousy, backstabbing, bickering, revenge, it’s all there. The Bible is full of terrible people, and it’s a beautiful thing! …….WHAT? Practically every kind of sin and horror you can think of is in this Book. All weaving a story […]
The Cost of Speech.
I tend to have a lot to say. I guess you’d need to, to have a blog. I’ve certainly been surprised that I’ve been able to generate the amount of content I’ve been putting out with relative ease. I guess I have even more to say then I knew. So why is it that when […]
Why Fear Light?
What keeps us from Him? It’s the question crying out from the core of my soul as I watch so very many lost and weary and broken people. Why? Why won’t they reach out? Why do they fear His goodness and grace and beauty? Why fear the wholeness that comes from Him? Why love the […]