Your life purpose! Can you say with certainty what IS the purpose of your life? Oh, I suppose you can and people do…
All the time.
But is it real? Or, are they just deceiving themselves?
There are two kinds of fear…real fear and…well…the other kind.
Real fear is familiar to everyone. It’s the body’s natural reaction to a threat. It’s the immediate and natural physical reaction to anything, Read more
Faith: What is faith?
Content? Doctrines of our church? The stuff you believe? The stuff we believe? What the Church believes? What our church believes? Your beliefs? Their beliefs? Our beliefs?
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Forgive yourself. Hm. That’s not what we normally talk about, is it? It’s usually about asking for forgiveness or seeking someone else’s forgiveness. And then, there’s that sticky problem of what you are to do Read more
Stress is caused, is it not, by the internal dialogue – the incessant mental noise – that expresses itself in words and attitudes such as, “This should not be happening.”
I wrestle with Read more
Pam, my spouse, loves puzzles. This is one of her latest. I’m pretty sure she got this one to put together alongside Charlie and Mason, two of our grandchildren. As you can Read more
But how?
The 6th century Greek philosopher named Xenophanes wrote: “If horses had gods, they would look like horses.”
Explains why I grew up thinking of God as this big dude (a bigger Read more
Want to bring yourself instantly into the Eternal Presence? And, there remain? Forever?
Do this…
At the very moment a thought of God pops into your head…
At the precise instant a sensation comes over Read more
I’m thinking about those times in life when the doubts of faith are many and the difficulties of life are manifold.
Thank God, on the sailing journey of life, those times are few.
Do you remember Read more
Why follow Jesus? Or, what does it mean to follow Jesus?
This morning, I opened the Gospel of John to the sixth chapter, desiring to read and reflect on what has become my favorite Gospel account of the life Read more
There is no religious belief that, once you know it or say you believe it, will magically unlock the door to God. So, I would advise you to remember this: the impulse you feel Read more
Spiritual Growth: How Does It Happen?
For your faith to remain vital you must question it, then affirm it, and then let it die.
Then, you repeat the process.
Do not be discouraged by this cycle of Read more
The first thing God said to Moses was, “Take off your shoes” (Exodus 3:5).
Why?
Freshly laid carpet?
Hardly, although sometimes I think that Hank, our newest dachshund family member could show a little Read more
I think I have always lived slightly afraid of something.
• I am not afraid of being attacked like a soldier must feel on a battlefield. • I am not afraid of falling off a cliff, although I Read more
Change. Sooner or later, everyone wants to change something. We begin each new year resolving to make changes…
In our relationships; In our priorities; In our health; In our Read more
There is no greater need than the capacity to hear. I am not referring, however, to audible hearing, as important as it is. I am referring instead to the capacity to hear at a deeply intuitive level. Becoming a Read more
Mark Nepo is beautiful in his devotional today…
As a child I used to talk to things–birds that flew overhead, trees that swayed slowly in the night, even stones Read more
