Hope Three age-abiding things: faith, hope, and love. What is hope? In common vernacular, we use the word “hope” to mean something we...

The Holy Spirit is called ruach, pneuma, and shekhinah. The Hebrew word ruach is translated “spirit,” “breath,” or “wind,” and refers to...

Jason died a month after his 100th birthday, and everyone said it was a life well lived. During his century on earth, he had intimate...

I had a dream the other night, a small portion of which included my seeing a group of paraplegic athletes racing in their wheelchairs....

God is never coercive, but God can be quite persuasive. Goodness and mercy are the tools God uses to persuade us onward to wholeness....

Heaven is not “up there.” There is no “up there.” If by “heaven” we mean the locality of God’s throne and/or where people go when they...

After the night shift, She was, I believe, walking home along a country road just at dawn, Listening to a chorus of birdsongs, watching...

One of my biggest temptations is materialism – not in the common vernacular sense – I care very little about stuff. I refer to...

In Genesis, God transfers the divine blessing and the divine birthright to Abraham. Abraham passes them on to Isaac, and Isaac winds up...

The Gift of Weakness … but [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all...

Divine Reparenting It’s easy to find stuff online about reparenting your inner child. Basically, that means revisiting childhood...

You are the hero in the Hero Story The Iliad and The Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Idylls of the King. The hero...

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Valentine’s Day. The anniversary of the day we buried my oldest son....

Wonder. Awe. Perhaps having a sense of wonder and awe is what Jesus meant when he said we must become as children to enter the Kingdom of...

Consistently Inconsistent With the empowering aid of God’s Spirit, we aim to be consistent in prayer, to consistently love, be...

Manichaeanism was a Gnostic-like religion in the third century of the common era. It was based on the teachings of Mani (216-274 AD) and...

I came to faith in Christ when I was by myself. God revealed himself to me in a profound mystical experience. I knew God was love and...

I once worked with a guy who, in response to anyone’s morning greeting, replied, “Same old routine.” Like gentle sleeping Rosamond,[1] we...

Connect. Know. Love. Cherish. We long for connectedness. We long to love and be loved. We were created by love to love and be loved. We...

The three of us work in a nondescript suburban department store. Manager, stock-boy, and human resource guy. I’m the HR dude. The manager...