Many years ago, I was struggling with depression and a deep sense of abandonment by God. We had just left a home church we had helped build for 10 years. Over the years, what started as a beautiful, supportive community slowly changed into a judgmental and legalistic community. As a church, we were more concernedContinue reading “Coming Out of the Fog”
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The end and the beginning
Do what God tells you. Walk in the paths He shows you. Follow the life-map absolutely, keep an eye out for the signposts, His course for life set out in the revelation to Moses, then you’ll get on well in whatever you do and wherever you go. 1 Kings 2:3 The Message Nine months ago,Continue reading “The end and the beginning”
IF you give a writer two hours to write
If you give a writer 2 hours to write, she’s first going to want a muffin with her coffee so she isn’t hungry. While looking at her muffin, she starts thinking about her daughter’s love for blueberry muffins and that reminds her that tomorrow she has to go pick her daughter up from college andContinue reading “IF you give a writer two hours to write”
My Next Right Thing
“The process of growth is always uneasy, because growth never comes through ease. It comes through stretching and expanding of one’s own capacity to push ahead. And often the change that needs to happen in order for you to grow may leave you dry heaving on the sidelines. Like when you run until you feelContinue reading “My Next Right Thing”
Who are My Friends?
Ecclesiastes 4:10 (ESV) …if either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Job 6:14 (ESV) Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. Many years ago in a sermon, our pastor basically laid outContinue reading “Who are My Friends?”
My Search for the Nature of God
If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him. John 14:7 ESV I have been thinking, pondering, ruminating on the character of Jesus for the last year. Don’t we always say/sing/express how we want to be like Jesus. WWJD? Remember…All IContinue reading “My Search for the Nature of God”