The blessing of an undivided heart
One weekend in March 2012, I met with a small group eager to seek what God wanted to show us through Elijah’s life and times. None of us has been…
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Mastering the language in which God speaks
Today, let’s consider the impossible – and utterly delightful – challenge of mastering the language in which God speaks. It’s a challenge crucial to living by the Spirit. (And also…
Mastering the language in which you write
Don't count this aspect of writing as less than spiritual - or anything less than crucial. Work hard to master the English language, depending on Christ's mighty power that works within you.
Miracle book: The Elijah Blessing
God gave me an impossible task, a delightful task, and he went before me to make the way.
These lithe, towering trees would dance wildly in the wind.
Cradled or caught?
What I learned from a bent tree - cradled, or caught, by another tree.
The no-leaven life
He who died in our behalf is risen. As we trust solely in his broken body and the new covenant in his blood, we too become alive in ways we could never otherwise hope to be.
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.”
Shiloh
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.” April…
ROAR
"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death. And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."
Tabor
Mini-post. Thoughts prompted by a hazy picture of the mountaintop from which Deborah sent Barak and his troops into battle
Looking up
Mini-post. It's hard to look up when you're lying prostrate. Sometimes, it seems impossible. If confusion, hurt and anger are pummeling you without mercy, you may be very tempted, when you do look up, to shake your fist.