I am reading through the Psalms this summer, starting with Psalm 50 ... because I usually fail to get that far in this Psalm reading exercise! I loved what I read about the opening lines of Psalm 91 in one of my study Bibles. Here is Psalm 91:1-2: "You who live in the shelter of […]

When I mow the lawn, I think. Sometimes this is good. Sometimes it is boring. Sometimes I am fascinated by what my mind drifts toward. Today, this is what I pondered: Jesus often "broke the rules" in order to heal or love a person. For instance, He broke the Sabbath laws  in order to heal […]

I know that praying "from the heart" is good. But I also know that praying another person's good words is also good; very good ... especially when we don't have words. I love this prayer: Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what […]

This weekend, my brother and sister came home with their kids. My brother stayed with my folks - 4 kids, 2 dogs. My sister stayed with Chuck and me ... no dogs, 1 amazing Liza-child. Fun, busy, full, chaotic ... all words to describe the few days we had together. But last night, as Chuck […]

Today "It is a moment of light surrounded on all sides by darkness and oblivion. In the entire history of the universe, let alone in your own history,  there has never been another just like it and there will never be another just like it again. It is the point to which all your yesterdays […]

Oh so many of us spend our lives trying to earn the love of God ... When, through Christ, it is already ours. Rest, my friends ... rest in this truth. Listen to how Henri Nouwen puts it: "But what I would like to say is that the spiritual life is a life in which […]