Journals
SPIRITUAL ACTIVIST
An activist is usually thought of as a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. But that is not the only kind of activist. […]
SAME OLD FORMULAS
Frederick Buechner wrote, “Preachers tend to forget this. “Accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and be saved from your sins,” or something like […]
WORKING AND EATING
“If anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10) These familiar words of the apostle Paul that encourage us to be willing […]
CENTER DOWN
Howard Thurman (1899-1981) minister and author wrote, “How good it is to center down!To sit quietly and see one’s self pass by!” “But you, when […]
RECEIVING FATHER’S LOVE
Many of us feel enough rejection and self-deprivation to not feel worthy of love, or certain kinds of love at least. There seems to be […]
THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
To have new life there must be an exchange of the old life. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes […]
TURNING LOOSE
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “Giving is, among other things, an exercise in turning loose of what we have in our little “kingdom” to enter into […]
BEING ELDERED
In the New Testament there are three meanings for the word elder:(1) To denote seniority. (2) Reference to Jewish elders of the Synagogue.(3) The Elders […]