My new book, Holy Vulnerability: Spiritual Practices for the Broken, Ashamed, Anxious and Afraid, comes out on July 6, 2021, and I wanted to introduce some of the ideas in it here each week over the next few months. The idea for Holy Vulnerability came to me on an international flight a couple years ago.Continue reading “Overcoming Fear?”
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Called Upon
Nothing gives the soul more satisfaction than when God calls upon it for his purposes. Someone in your life needs to hear this.
The Body of Christ
My fingertips scrape against the bread that cringes and cracks as each solemn soul reaches out to tear its piece. Her shaking hand pulls the bread with urgent need as our eyes meet and I whisper “the body of Christ” into the air between us. She can’t break the bread and my hand touches hers,Continue reading “The Body of Christ”
New Blog Content
Hello! I have been writing on this blog for just about a year now and decided last week during an extended time of solitude and reflection that it’s time to chart a new course. I have renamed the blog “Moments of the Soul.” There are moments in which eyes catch and hands graze, where God reveals hisContinue reading “New Blog Content”
Daily December Devotional — Day 19
Today’s Verses: Luke 1:67-75 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said throughContinue reading “Daily December Devotional — Day 19”
How to Hear God (Part 2)
Based on John 10:27, we know that those who hear God: Have a relationship with Jesus. (My sheep; I know them) Are receptive to hearing from him. (listen to my voice) Are willing to walk in faith to follow him. (they follow me) Last week I explored having a relationship with Jesus and this week,Continue reading “How to Hear God (Part 2)”
Six Acts of Revolutionary Living
I keep this piece of paper taped to my computer at work and on my wall at home. It’s small. Only I can see it. But I really need it. I need to read it on the days when I have a deadline, or run from meeting to meeting. I need it on days thatContinue reading “Six Acts of Revolutionary Living”
My Monday To-Do List
Mondays can be hard, getting back to work and all. But they hold such possibility, days stretched out ahead. I want my Sunday to roll right into my Monday and on into my Tuesday, and so forth. I don’t want to live for Friday, waiting out the long hours of the other days, just hopingContinue reading “My Monday To-Do List”
What Does Jesus Have to Do with It?
If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, you likely remember a specific moment in your life when you first understood the message of God’s grace. You can still recall the way something in you broke open at the realization that you could stop all the effort and work you were pouring into cleaning upContinue reading “What Does Jesus Have to Do with It?”
