“We love, because God first loved us.” — Children’s’ Worship Song Several weeks ago, I ran across a recording of my daughter singing in a children’s choir as they sang the children’s worship song, ‘We Love’. There is always ...
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Pruning Time, part 6: Humility
Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation. To be humble is not to make comparisons. . . To be nothing in the self-effacement of humility, yet, for the sake of the task, to ...
Read More »Pruning Time, part 5: The Way of Ignorance
Do what we will, we are never going to be free of mortality, partiality, fallibility and error. . . Because ignorance is thus a part of our creaturely definition, we need an appropriate way: a way of ignorance, which is ...
Read More »Pruning Time, part 4: Silence
The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, ‘Create silence!” …The Word of God cannot be heard in the noisy world ...
Read More »Pruning Time, part 3: Letting Go of Craving
The difference between wants and needs is that when I take care of a need it’s satisfied–my need for shelter, food, transportation. But when I take care of a want there’s always one right behind it. As soon as I ...
Read More »Pruning Time, part 2: Waiting in the Darkness
Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light ...
Read More »Pruning Time, part 1
[God] cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. — John 15:2 Here in the Northeast the trees are bare, their ...
Read More »The Love of God
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever.” — Psalm 136:1 There are few things in life that are guaranteed. One is life and death. We may not know when they will occur, but ...
Read More »The Power of Touch
“After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes.” — John 9:6 Touch plays a powerful role in our lives. From the moment we are born, we thrive on touch. We long to be ...
Read More »Preparing the Future
“God is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story.” — Louie Giglio Sometimes it is difficult to understand why things happen. When you are standing in the midst of the flame, ...
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