OBSERVING THE WORD
The late J.I. Packer (1926-2020) wrote, “Psalms teach us how to worship; Proverbs, how to behave; Job, how to suffer; Song of Solomon, how to love; and Ecclesiastes, how […]
October 2020
LOSING OUR LIVES
My friend JC recently gave me a profound quote. He said, “Some people have died…others have lost their life…because of COVID 19.” This is very […]
FINDING THE WAY BACK
In my late teens and early twenties I worked as a cowboy and also worked packing mules and horses for backcountry trips in the high […]
CHRISTIAN CHEESE
This post is really a public service to the readers of this Journal. Recently I had the terrible experience of being served a Cheese that […]
BEAUTY AND BREAD
John Muir (1838-1914) naturalist wrote, “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and […]
WORSHIP AND MYSTERY
Worship leads to thanksgiving and mystery leads to faith. There is a single favorite text that helps describe this: “The grace of the Lord Jesus […]
INVITED TO HELP
There is a distinction in the works of Jesus that takes some careful thought. I am referring to the various people who were ‘touched by […]
WALKING ON HIGH PLACES
“Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines;though the produce of the olive fails, and the fields yield no food;though the […]
WHALE BELLY PRAYER RETREAT
I was just looking again at Jonah 2 and thinking about having a Prayer Retreat with Jonah. The text says that he “prayed from the […]