Grieving doesn't always arrive leavened by joy, and you cannot think your way through drinking the cup of sorrow. But never doubt the joy will come. [Click title to read more.]
Category: spiritual fruit
The Third Choice
God doesn't always work in either/or. [Click title to read more.]
Old Washer Christianity
My spiritual goal this year has a lot to do with seeking out tradition, tried-and-true practices, and fundamentals. [Click title to read more.]
Mundane Patience
Patience changes us, and we encounter it most often in our daily efforts to do good in spite of--well, everything. [Click title to read more.]
Starting With Identity
Claiming our identity in Christ requires the translation of deliberate thought into prayerful action. [Click title to read more.]
When Confidence Looks Like Callousness
I don't think we often realize it, but sometimes Christian confidence expressed in the wrong way can look a lot like Christian callousness - even when it's well-meaning. And compassion is the only way to leaven it. [Click title to read more.]
Fellowship Is What Happens – Or Should Happen – In Times Of Church Conflict And Disagreement
I fear that, over time, the church has lost its grasp of what fellowship actually is. We've reduced it to a positive, feel-good form of engagement: bonding at a Bible study, chatting over chips and dips, believers going out in kayaks together. And that's surely a part of fellowship, but not the entirety of it. Fellowship is what ought to happen - what needs to happen - at these crisis points when egregious wrongs have been committed and everyone is (justifiably!) angry and hurt. [Click title to read more.]
The Master of the Sea
One of the blessings of growing older in Christ has been the simple knowledge that I can only control so much. [Click title to read more.]
A Reassurance: It’s Good When You’re Not The Center of The Universe
An overt focus on the self can be devastating. [Click title to read more.]
We Just Don’t Know
So much of the Bible emphasizes listening, avoiding careless or hasty speech, and being considerate of others. And so much of that is because we don't know the hidden depths of each human we meet, nor can we understand their hopes and fears and dreams and struggles. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 