There is a point in the life of every believer where everything is going wrong, on fire, or is absolutely confusing and shattering and - worst of all - you cannot sense God in any of it. [Click title to read more.]
Category: spiritual growth
Miracle-Blind
I think we see fewer miracles because we're miracle-blind. We've forgotten what a miracle is. It's not that they aren't there: we just diminish them. [Click title to read more.]
Not Every Rich Spiritual Experience Is Going To Be Exhilarating. Or Marvelous. Or Deeply Unusual.
The spiritual life can be joyful, rich, illuminating...and mundane. And ordinary. And stable. [Click title to read more.]
Seven Things To Do While You Wait
In a season of waiting, you're not without options. [Click title to read more.]
Abandon What Gets In The Way Of You Loving People
If you know there is something standing between you and your ability to love and serve someone, and it's in your power to get rid of it, you should. [Click title to read more.]
Get A Travel Bible! There Are Uses For It You Might Not Expect
My new travel Bible has provided me some interesting and unexpected joys. [Click title to read more.]
Please Respect Those Around You During Church
We need to respect moments of quiet and reflection in our church congregations by not talking through them. [Click title to read more.]
Listen For Love
In our selfish desire for what we think we need, we miss everything that God is pouring out. Love is His heartbeat. Everything we know of it, all the ways that we have learned to show it, are pale imitations of everything He is. [Click title to read more.]
What Exists In Abundance We Must Not Consider Common
It's tempting to take God's love and mercy for granted because it comes to us with such abundance. [Click title to read more.]
What Intimacy With God Looks Like After Years And Years
It's not a terrible thing to be comfortable with God, you know. It's not dull to have known God for a terribly long time. [Click title to read more.]