Apr
30
2025
I have been contemplating God as Love and a God with emotions like anger. It is a deeply unsettling space. So many beautiful theologians throughout history have wrestled at this nexus. I think of one of my favorites, Julian...
Apr
28
2025
I read an interesting passage of scripture from the Old Testament. It is the story of the complaining Israelites who are unhappy about being in the desert. They wished they were back in Egypt because of the food. It...
Apr
25
2025
Research suggests gratitude helps beat cancer.
Dr. John Gottman has proven through extensive testing that when the heart jumps over 100 beats per minute when angry, the ability to solve problems diminishes.
Clinical tests are proving gratitude promotes health. Writing five...
Apr
23
2025
I love Ephesians 3:14-21 and try to pray it every day. I love to go slowly through each verse imagining the person I am praying for. It is such a beautiful prayer. Each time I start I get secretly...
Apr
21
2025
Leading up to Easter, our church participated in a foot washing service in remembrance of Jesus washing the feet of His disciples. I was selected to be one of the main people washing feet or assisting as members washed...
Apr
18
2025
Hope is helpful if you find yourself in a position much like myself, helpless take heart are words that speak loudly. This sun-filled, blue-sky May morning inspired these words gleaned from David in Psalm 33 and 34.
No one delights...
Apr
14
2025
At a group I attended, a woman shared her story of hatred toward her stepfather. She said he verbally and emotionally abused her and made her teen years miserable. Now, as a mother of older children, she still cries...
Apr
11
2025
Military battles, sports, and music competitions all demand mind management and self-regulation skill training and development. It is said that elite, world-class stars in sports or the arts practice more than 10,000 hours. Soldiers also endure much practice.
Yet, every...
Apr
09
2025
Shann and I will be married for thirty-five years this June. A young man asked us if we were glad we married young in light of so many people feeling they made mistakes by marrying too soon. Shann and...
Apr
07
2025
In the Bible study Shann and I are part of, this week’s task is to spend time with a 10 year vision of what God is doing in your life and what He is asking of you. My dad...
