Several weeks ago during my morning quiet time, I prayed for God to show up somewhere and make Himself evident. I talk to Him most …
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In His Time
Patience is not one of those virtues that people are dying to display. Usually, we want more noble virtues such as love, peace, or wisdom. …
Read More »A Park in Time
The only way to keep my sanity is to periodically retreat to a place where life’s frantic pace slows down…where the pressures to produce and …
Read More »Jesus the Lobbyist
You’re a lobbyist? You’d almost have better luck putting “Top Used-Car Salesman” on your resumé. Politicians, especially those with an ambitious eye on a comfy …
Read More »Interrupting Rituals
Sometimes it feels like we Christians are intellectual giants and, at the same time, emotional idiots. More than once, I have been inspired by the …
Read More »About My Heart
As tiresome as it can be to try and behave, I find myself ridiculously enamored with maintaining my own outward performances. You’d think by looking …
Read More »Collecting Debt
In the teachings of Paul the apostle, it is suggested that we watch ourselves. I think his way of saying it was “walk circumspectly.” And …
Read More »God Isn’t Fair
The evidence is overwhelming. Missionaries are kidnapped and killed while serving in remote locations. CEOs make millions in shady deals and get off with a …
Read More »When All Is Said and Done
When the music fades into the past, When my days of life are through, What will be remembered of where I’ve come, When all is …
Read More »What I Deserve
“If God gave me everything I deserve, I’d have nothing left but bruises.” Two words in this quote make me really uncomfortable. “Deserve” and “Bruises.” …
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