"The most dangerous thing that can happen to you is that you become proud of your own obedience." (Tullian Tchividjian)

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should […]

So often, we are told to think of the Bible as some kind of instruction manual. I believe that is a description that belittles the majesty of Scripture. It also belittles the difficulty most of us have when reading the Bible. Don't get me wrong: there are commands in there. But, an instruction manual? Leviticus? […]

We make prayer so hard ... Sometimes, I think we make it so hard as a way to avoid praying. Other times, I think we make it hard because we want to make prayer seem bigger and more magical than it really is ... But sometimes, I think we make it hard because we are […]

Somehow in thanksgiving I see clearly, if but for a fleeting moment, that much, much has come my way as a normal part of my dependency, without my being aware of it… Perhaps, it is always true that the test of my thanksgiving is the humility which it inspires. Self-examination, thanksgiving, humility: let us experience […]

What really separates us from God? Is it sin, or something else? I  have been pondering this question lately. Listen to this: "Our misdeeds are not  the real root of the problem. They are just what the tradition called actual sins. There is a much more serious problem, what the tradition called original sin. It […]