I wrote about a spiritual attack on someone and having observed a pattern in that attack that I had seen before. I have experienced a few spiritual attacks myself on occasion, so it is a matter of interest to me. Several news service articles have been written...
There are moments when one sees a situation playing out in a way that looks so familiar it almost feels like deja’ vu. But the second time through a sudden awareness dawns: this is a spiritual attack. It had all the same preceding characteristics…… rapid onset...
I had a sweet conversation with someone who shared that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness. She said she has begun to recognize that there is spiritual vision...
About ten years ago I was encouraged by a friend to apply for a new program being offered through our church’s regional office, a spiritual direction training class. It was to be a three-year program. I applied, along with her. She was selected for the class; I was...
I shared this with a believer who expressed fawning adoration of several of her spiritual role models. “God has no grandchildren.” There is no such thing as being “grandfathered” in to the Kingdom of God. Each person is adopted as a child and...
Procrastinator’s hope: “The nice thing about things that are urgent is that if you wait long enough they aren’t urgent anymore.” Amos Tversky, psychologist It is interesting how, when life goes off the rails, one can completely disengage from...