“Isaiah received a vision. And it transformed his ability to see. It radically reordered the ways he viewed the past, present, and future. For a brief, life-quaking moment, the curtain was pulled back and he was able to catch a glimpse of the baseline reality of this...
“Behold!” With each step of Jesus’ life and ministry described in scripture we are given revelations of the truth of who he is through the eyes of first one person after another – Mary and Joseph, shepherds and Magi, Simeon and Anna, John the Baptist, satan (in...
I had not considered how anxiety betrays an innate idolatry…. That is a helpful insight and something to be aware of in the future. Anxiety, also expressed as “worry”, suggests that we are desiring an outcome that we fear we may not get. That does seem quite contrary...
I heard Tera Beth Leach preaching on laments by God’s people and I remembered my own recently written response to Covid from early last year to now. In a lamenting prayer I wondered what lessons we were to learn from this pandemic, violence, and division as a nation,...
“I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.” Something shared in social media by a friend and worth remembering; ....
Psalm 51: 7, 10 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow…….. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” This Scripture is the memory verse for Step 7 in the Twelve Step...
For those fasting and praying today, consider this; Nazarites were to be OT examples of holiness in the world. They were to live by a strict set of rules and be an example to the world of righteous living. Some performed that role better than others. When they were...
Robert Browning poem introduced to me by a student at Titus 2…… so wistful and beautiful and leaves one hoping that their ride truly would go on into eternity…….. sigh. Thinking of Bill today. The Last Ride Together I. I said—Then, dearest, since ’tis so,...
I hear people talk about the enemy’s plan as being represented by the Covid vaccination and its genetically engineered technology. The enemy, no matter how he comes at us, is no different now than he has ever been. And his favorite tool is fear….. Nevertheless, I...
Nazarites were to be OT examples of holiness in the world. They were to live by a strict set of rules and be an example to the world of righteous living. Some performed that role better than others. When they were filled with the Holy Spirit of God , they were...
