Blog

“Not all who wander are lost.” “If you get lost sit down and wait, and I will find you.”  Ralph L. Patrick “Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree.  And he prayed that he might die . . . then as he lay and slept…

“The deep, meaningful, and true things don’t shout, they whisper.  Though they run through the heart of all things, they are only perceived by those who have learned to embrace the silence.”  Erik Stensland “Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.”  Dennis Covington “ .…

“The Mystery of God is Great”  St. Paul “So let go, of the world you know.  There’s something waiting for you, in the Great Unknown.”  Jukebox the Ghost We live under the illusion of certainty. We suffer from the deception that we can and should be certain about life. Our spiritual lives stagnate in the…

“In Christ, God was reconciling the world to Himself . . .therefore the love of Christ compels us.” 2 Corinthians 5 “Unforgiveness is the poison chalice that we drink from in the hopes of hurting others.” What’s your favorite ice cream?  Friday night the church I pastor in Allenspark had an old-fashioned ice cream social. …

“Behold what manner of love the father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God.”  1 John The child was the offspring of her father’s immense love.  From the very moment of her conception, he knew her. . . and loved her as only he could. He knew her, and he…

“O Lord, You search me and You know me.” Psalm 139 “To her, the name of her father was another name for love“ Fanny Fern It’s Father’s Day.  Of course I’m thinking of my father.  Aren’t you?  But the question might be, “How are you thinking of him?”  With great appreciation and gratitude that go…

“May you be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner self, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, and that you, being rooted and grounded in love . . . may be able to know the love of Christ.”  Paul in Ephesians 3 “The Spirit of Love is the Spirit…

“I Desire to Know Christ.” Paul in Philippians 3:10 “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probably explanation is that I was made for another world.” C.S. Lewis What do you desire most in life?  I asked my seven-year-old granddaughter that question.  Her response?  “A…

“Look at my hands and my feet.  It is I myself.  Touch me and see.” Jesus in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 24 “Paradise is attained by touch.” Helen Keller Fill in the blank:  “My heart was touched when . . . .” There are many possibilities for that, as many as there are individuals…

“I am the resurrection and the Life.”  John 11:24 “And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him“ Luke 24:31 What difference, if any, does the resurrection of Jesus make in your life? That’s the question I’ve been contemplating these past two weeks during my time in Cambodia. Jesus, and His resurrection, might be someone…