Reflections along the wilderness way
June 21, 2009
I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me … Continue reading
June 18, 2009
So, what do we do with the tension of life? How does our psyche cope? When we’re threatened, how do we protect ourselves? I believe there is a lesson to be learned from, of all places, the inter-testamental period – … Continue reading
June 14, 2009
If you are here unfaithfully with usyou are causing terrible damage. (Rumi) Integrity is, first and … Continue reading
June 11, 2009
It’s God’s plan, St. Paul says, to make “all things new.” It’s a “new creation” project. But turn your eyes upon the broken world we live in, or the sad lot who go by the name ‘Christian’, and you’ll … Continue reading
June 9, 2009
Fred Harrell, Senior Pastor of City Church SF, quoted one of my favorite writers recently – Richard Foster. On the idolatry of money, Foster notes, “When we let go of money we are letting go of part of ourselves.” That … Continue reading
June 8, 2009
In the last post, we talked about the divided heart. I’ve been intrigued by this idea for some time. Some years ago, I studied the Beatitudes in depth, and discovered that the “pure in heart” were those whose hearts were … Continue reading
June 3, 2009
Appear to be what thou art, tear off thy masks. The church was never meant to be a masquerade. (Charles Spurgeon) Theologians have long affirmed what Scripture teaches. Sin wreaks havoc on the human heart. We are infected by the … Continue reading
June 2, 2009
Appear to be what thou art, tear off thy masks. The church was never meant to be a masquerade. (Charles Spurgeon) If we’re truly engaged in a modern-day new exodus out of the many enslavements that burden us, through the refining … Continue reading