"I heard an old man speak once, someone who had been sober for fifty years, a very prominent doctor. He said that he’d finally figured out a few years ago that his profound sense of control, in the world and over his life, is another addiction and a total illusion. He said that when he […]

I think one of the reasons God wants his people to take a Sabbath is so he can regularly drive home the point that we do not save ourselves. We need practical ways to keep this truth in the forefront of our minds, lest we forget. Stopping, ceasing, resting, recovering, worshipping … and did I say […]

"Prayer is not the place to be good; it is the place to be honest." (John Coe)

“Be still, and know that I am God …” How rarely we do that; just be still. Just let God be God. It is so hard. Because if he is God, then I am definitely not. And sometimes that is just tough to face. So, we run and run and run, hoping somehow to prove […]

I was reading through some old notes last night and came across this little snippet of wisdom from Dallas Willard, “To drift in this society is very dangerous.” It reminded me why the ancients used to create and then adhere to a “rule of life,” which was a term used to describe specific practices, or […]

We are a competitive culture, aren’t we? We work really hard. We strive. We are creatures of the Protestant work ethic – and most of the outflow is good; we give our best to God, we aim for excellence, we want to be all we can be. You know the drill … But, when this […]