Spiritual healing
Do you want to be well? Do you live as if you do? Because we do not drift into wellness--physical, spiritual or otherwise. The fifth chapter of John's gospel opens with a jarring story. Jesus [...]
Cairns, continued…
Day 2 (Last week, I wrote about cairns, the small piles of rock used to mark hiking trails. The cairns provided a metaphor for spiritual truth, and also gave me a clear picture of some [...]
Building endurance for a joyful adventure
My daughter and I plunge into the shallow flowing stream, walking sticks in hand. After a one mile walk up a relatively easy paved path, we reach the trail head for the Narrows, a canyon in [...]
Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity
Hey, it's Free Book Friday. Because we're focusing on Sabbath this month (although Living in Sabbath Simplicity is a topic we discuss frequently here), here's an excerpt from my book Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity, [...]
Deeper into the Word webinar this Wednesday!
Ever wish that you could hear clearly from God? That he would, I don't know, maybe email you or write a letter, with advice, comfort, encouragement? Of course, you know that God has, indeed, send [...]
Win a copy of Deeper into the Word
My newest book, Deeper into the Word: Reflections on 100 Old Testament Words, is now in stores. It's been described as "a devotional that helps calm the spirit, enlighten the mind,and provide food for the [...]
“I couldn’t possibly…”
So, if you read the previous post and it made you angry or jealous, keep reading. If you said, "Well, she can do that, but I couldn't possibly..." then let's talk about it. I mean, [...]
Blind spots
Going through my daily routine, I’m sometimes startled by the sudden noticing of things I’d somehow ignored. I’m blind to my own blind spots—I don’t know what I don’t know. But then, I peek through [...]
Living a missional life
I haven't posted for a few days because I've been enjoying having my daughter back home. She's quite jet-lagged and experiencing a bit of what I call "culture dissonance," but home. She had a marvelous [...]
How to study Scripture
If you received my newsletter this week, here’s the free article mentioned there. If you’d like to reprint this article elsewhere, just contact me for permission. If you just want to share the link, go [...]