Four years ago today, on August 23, 2018, I had written about feeling God starting to move or redirect me again…. 2 months later hurricane Michael had ripped our entire community out of our familiar places and routines and set us on a long road to recovery,...
“…..some of the most common problems troubling people today, including identity concerns, attachment issues, and addiction….” This was part of an invitation to a webinar on Christian counseling. “Identity concerns”…when life...
In April 1997 during a season of extreme stress, I began what I called my “experiencing”… it was an intense period of spiritual awakening, accompanied by a degree of confusion that got worse until one day it was made clear to me that I was...
When asked which is more important , God’s love or his holiness, my response is as follows: God’s holiness is a function of His particular kind of love, in my opinion. Even though he loves steadfastly and unequivocally, because he loves, he also...
“The gifts of the Spirit are not meant to give us a short cut to maturity. One of the dangers in the Church is we expect the gifts of the Spirit to quickly do what only the fruit of the Spirit is meant to do slowly.” -Rich Villodas Strait: (of a place) of...
Driving today in moderately heavy after-school traffic- Me: (out loud to the driver of the red car in the center lane) I see your signal. Come on in. I’ll give you space to merge into this lane. (as several other cars zipped right by her.) Student: You always do...
From 9/14/2016 I’m sure if one is called to preach, there must be a passion and equipping for preparing sermons since one would be expected to do that every week. Preaching is not my calling, although I find myself asked to do that from time to time. My call is...
Some individuals who know a level of spiritual maturity and dependence upon God that mark their walk as what the ancient church called The Unitive Way…….. following the childhood and youth “spiritual growth stages” of The Purgative Way and The Illuminative Way. The...
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month ….. As I talked to a young woman in some seriously tough circumstances, I held her hand and saw this tattoo on her forearm……. I asked her to tell me about it it. She replied, “It’s a suicide survivor’s tattoo .” I said, “you’re a...
From 9/12/2017 “Wildfires across the northwest, earthquakes in California and elsewhere, hurricanes in the southeast, crazed dictators threatening nuclear missiles, the constant threat of terrorists, wars and rumors of war, reports of epidemics of antibiotic...
