Reflections along the wilderness way
August 21, 2011
I love this poem by Fleur Adcock. Take your time and read it. I’ll share some thoughts after it… Weathering My face catches the wind from the snow line and flushes with a flush that will never wholly settle. Well, … Continue reading
August 19, 2011
I’m beginning a new series of blog posts on self-compassion, recently requested by some friends and clients. It’s an odd concept, particularly if you’re a Christian. In fact, it may ring of a kind of secularized bastardization of God’s love. … Continue reading
August 15, 2011
Dear Skeptic, Thomas Merton once wrote, “All sin starts from the assumption that my false self, the self that exists only in my egocentric desires, is the fundamental reality of life to which everything in the universe is ordered.” If … Continue reading
August 10, 2011
In just the past month, I’ve spoken with three depressed pastors. Consider this startling data from Barna, Focus on the Family, and Fuller Seminary: Fifteen hundred pastors leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention … Continue reading