The peak of Mount Sinai, surrounded by other brown mountain peaks, and seen in a shaft of sunlight that has broken through dark clouds
Sunlight on Mount Sinai

When God reveals his covenant name

When God reveals his covenant name, he invites us to leave that place where we think we know all about him – and to press on to know him.

Frog at edge of water, looking at camera and blending in with the dark, mottled background

Sort of like frog gigging: How religion kills rest

Today where you live, religiosity slaughters Sabbath by the very way it tries to keep it. But when people desperate for rest leave the comfort of religious exhaustion and stumble toward God himself, Sabbath remains – and the Lord of Real Rest revives them.

Frightened kitten, cowering on wood chips and peeking out from under fronds of green foliage

God who sees me

Mini-post. When you feel invisible - when you want to hide - be blessed to know: God sees me.

Faded black-and-white of four Union soldiers from the Seventy-Seventh Pennsylvania regiment (with one on horseback), outside Shiloh Church at the time of the battle
“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

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“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…

Purple lion tattoo on Deborah's right upper arm

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."