honoring God

Person walking beside a mountain stream in early morning: solitude, 'unprofaned' beauty, prayer

Recovering and treasuring the forgotten prayer

Post published:January 27, 2023
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:June 29, 2024

Why is it vital that we recover and treasure a prayer Jesus told us to pray – but our minds can’t seem to grasp, and our emotions can’t seem to embrace?

Seen through raindrops on glass, a hazy view of a weak sun in a sky full of gray clouds. Also hazy: the black silhouette of dark, hilly, overgrown terrain with what appears to be a church steeple rising behind it.

Witchcraft in the church

Post published:September 16, 2022
Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
Post last modified:June 7, 2025

In the church, those obsessed with manipulating, intimidating and dominating can pose as those serving God. And we can be very fooled for a very long time.

A tiny person stands on a distant mountaintop at dawn, under a vast and brilliantly colored sky.

Prepare to meet with God

Post published:May 12, 2020
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:May 29, 2025

Some things, you can’t wait to tell God. You run to him with the news. The Lord who invites you to meet with him delights in your coming to talk. He delights in your coming to hear. For this God has important things to say to you too.

Blessings are not sweet little things

Post published:December 6, 2019
Post category:Knowing and Going with God
Post last modified:March 13, 2024

We’ve thought of blessings as sweet little things. And so we miss the wonder and the weightiness of the blessings of the Lord.