ACCOMPANIED LIFE
George Fox (1624-1691) founder of the Quaker movement wrote: ‘the accompanied life is when we know that God is with us.’ In Fox’s terminology it […]
Journals
GRACE AND THE CROSS
There is considerable frustration when we try to produce our own righteousness instead of faith in the work of the Cross. We can think we […]
PITY AND COMPASSION
The insightful Howard Thurman (1899-1981) author, theologian and philosopher wrote: distinguishing between pity and compassion: “God is making room in my heart for compassion. There […]
PLACE OR PERSON
In John 4 is the story of Jesus and the (no name) Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. After an exchange about the water and her […]
WORKING QUIETLY
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the Galatian church: “Each person should judge his own actions and not compare himself with others. Then he can be […]
BAD-MOUTHING
There are many scriptures that teach and warn us of the danger in bad-mouthing. James says, “And among all the parts of the body, the […]
ROTATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Recently in the night I heard this term: Rotational Responsibility. This was rather confusing to me until I went way back to my growing up […]
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
In a new book by Jonathan Haidt, ‘The Anxious Generation,’he promotes four ideas in what he calls, ‘cultural norms.’ 1. No smartphones before high school. […]
CHRIST HISTORY
Church history is about church and as such not always so much about Christ. There is some ‘history of the church’ in Scripture, but of […]
GLIMPSING OUR CULTURE
Perhaps it is because of better, open and constant access to news of our cultural condition, that we are so aware of the many things […]