Dr Henry Cloud…. “There’s this idea that time heals all wounds, and it’s a very popular one. At the same time, that kind of thinking can be a big source of pain for a lot of people. Time passing by itself doesn’t do much for us at all. It’s all of...
Sharing in the Suffering of Christ…….. A thought shared in social media by a friend, from C.S Lewis, and worth remembering; . “In Gethsemane, the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.” C.S.Lewis...
A close friend with whom I meet regularly for prayer and accountability sent me this photo of a page from Oswald Chambers’ MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: on June 18,2022: I shared it in a social media group with this post: “This Oswald Chambers Devo speaks to...
“Gifts from God that are not acknowledged as such are deadly to the soul, because they thicken the illusion of self-sufficiency that leads to over-confidence and sets us up for failure.”. Tim Keller, Prayer, Chapter 8. I awoke in the night with someone on...
I’m bingeing movies about CS Lewis tonight……. The Most Reluctant Convert The Life and Faith of CS Lewis Shadowlands Surprised By Joy I had read some of his works but I had not known how profoundly his Mother’s death when he was nine, having had...
“We put so much stock in our own felt experience of the grace of God that we lose touch with the actual fact of the grace of God. It is not our feelings that save us. It is the facts and our faith therein. It is the ephemeral up-and-down nature of our feelings...
My friend, Pat Sabiston, is a published author. We talk about books and the activities that go into and arise from such an endeavor. But often we talk about one particular book, The Bible. We both find God’s Word wonderfully inviting and revealing and we enjoy...
From May 25,2019 I had such a sweet phone conversation yesterday with a young lady getting ready to start an accelerated BSN program in another state. She was referred to me by a friend who had worked with our program. This young lady has been volunteering with...
Seen on Twitter: What’s your favorite “how to read the Bible” book? Several folks were weighing in with various authors’/theologians’ names or titles. My first thought: the Bible itself…. accompanied by prayer for Holy Spirit illumination and conversation with...
From 5/21/2018…. I had a sweet conversation with someone recently who shared with me that she had realized that all these years she’d been reading the Bible in a very simple, literal sense only and missing some of its meaning and richness and personal...
