Advent: Waiting for the Light
“God comes to us like the sun in the morning—when it is time.”—Carlo Carretto, The God Who Comes My favorite time of any day is the pre-dawn moments before the…
Finding Freedom Through Sabbath Resistance
“If you aren’t resting, you are a slave to something.” – Adele Calhoun We tend to think of sabbath as being mostly about rest and replenishment—and it is!—but if that’s…
“For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world and forfeit their soul?” —Jesus Recently, I made…
Solitude may be one of the greatest challenges for Christian leaders because we have this sense that everyone is waiting for us to come in and do what we can do. Solitude offers leaders a concrete way that God can come and do what only God can do—in our lives personally and also in our ministries.
It was a conversation similar to many I have had with Christian leaders. A pastor from a large church was…
Today is the day when the Christian church celebrates epiphany—the “showing forth” or “the revelation” of Christ in the world.…
God comes like the sun in the morning—when it is time. We must assume an attitude of waiting, accepting the…
“And they shall name him Emmanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’” Matthew 1:23 As we emerge from Thanksgiving week…
“Because we do not rest we lose our way. Poisoned by this hypnotic belief that good things come only through…
Spiritual transformation has become quite the buzzword in Christian circles today. The good news is that it speaks to our…
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