THE LOST COIN
The second part of the parable in Luke 15 is about a woman who lost one of her ten coins. The lost coin is simply […]
July 2017
THE LOST SHEEP
The three-part parable in Luke 15 concerns a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son. When we see these stories in an exterior […]
PRAY UNTIL WE HEAR
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) wrote, “The earthly-minded person thinks and imagines that when he prays, the important thing – the thing he must concentrate upon – […]
REPENTANCE REVISITED
Richard Rohr once wrote, “If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.” “To repent is to come to your senses. […]
GIFTS FROM SILENCE
The gifts we receive from the Holy Spirit in silence as we pray and meditate is just that: gifts. They are nothing we can demand […]
TOTAL CLEANSING
Paul, an apostle, wrote to the Corinthian Church, “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness […]
LATE BLOOMERS
“A late bloomer is a person whose talents or capabilities are not visible to others until later than usual. The term is used metaphorically to describe a child […]
THE GREATEST TRUTH
Watchman Nee (1903-1972) wrote, “The cross reduces the outward man to death. It splits open the human shell. The cross must break all that belongs […]
HOW DO WE KNOW?
How do we know what the scriptures say and mean for sure? Who is the final authority on such matters? Who has it all ‘right’ […]
LOVE AND ABUSE
The Cherokee writer Joyce Sequichie Hifler writes, “Love and abuse are never compatible. When someone claims to love us regardless of how they treat us, […]