Featured: The dissolution of a dream ...
A big, beautiful spider has set up her home outside my kitchen window. I have grown attached to her presence and greet her each morning, watching her work or sleep while I take my first few sips of coffee. For those who hate spiders, I see you. But she is where she belongs (outside) and […]
I have been following Billy Graham’s grandson, Tullian Tchividjian, on twitter. He tweets a lot about grace. Learning to live in grace is my one New Year’s resolution for 2015. Then I read what Tchividjian had to say about resolutions: “Down deep, every one of us longs to be loved, accepted, appreciated, respected, and so […]
“A test: try living the life of a good person and see how it suits you. Be the one happy with her fate, rejoicing in his acts of justice, and bent on deeds of kindness.” (Marcus Aurelius, 121 – 180)
I taught yesterday at one of our satellite venues. I stated that the way the incarnation happened demonstrates (as does almost all of Jesus’ life) that God's heart, as Philip Yancey writes, tilts toward the underdog. I shared the Scripture from Isaiah that Jesus read in Luke chapter 4 as he inaugurated his earthly ministry […]
A post-Christmas question: Do you live as if God came down to you? or Do you live as if it is all up to you to make your way to God?
When I was little, I built up Christmas in my mind … and then I was always vaguely disappointed with the actual day. It never lived up to all my childlike hype. The gifts were just stuff. The food was just food. The day came and went … I often feel that same sense of […]
We did a tiny bit of last minute shopping today and the store we were in had that frenzied feeling ... It is very common this time in December. I know “that frenzied feeling” well … Several times it has taken me down. Tanked my Christmas spirit. Hijacked my joy. Chewed me up and spit […]
