RETURN TO THE FATHER III
It doesn’t take a Bible story about a Prodigal Son to tell us the need of returning home from any wandering, confusion or loneliness. I […]
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RETURN TO THE FATHER II
To return from misdirection, bad decisions, lousy choices, actions from anger, running from messed-up messages we have told ourselves, or false messages others have told […]
RETURN TO THE FATHER I
In the famous story of the son that took his inheritance and went away to be grown up, cool and taste the wild side in […]
BE THANKFUL-BE HAPPY
This idea keeps coming back to me:If I can be thankful, I have a much better chance of being happy. When I am not thankful, […]
ABSENT WHEN PRESENT
We can be absent when we are present. Though we might be in person at an event, a conversation, with our wife/husband, our family, our […]
VAMPIRE CHRISTIANS
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) professor and author wrote: “First, there is absolutely nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can […]
PARTING PROMISES
Much of the Last Discourse (John 13-17) of Jesus is filled with promises for his followers then and now. One of my favorites is John […]
COMPARING OURSELVES
Paul, an apostle, wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:12:“For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but […]
HEAD SPACE
Stephen Freeman, Orthodox priest wrote: “Our “head space” is under assault day and night by the great forces of modernity – primarily driven by a […]
I LOOK TO THE HILLS
It was early morning and as I looked out across the space to the hills in the distance and I heard this verse: “I will […]