I thought of a name for my autobiography, if I ever decide to write it: Well, That Didn’t Work. My life is full of things that didn’t go the way I’d wanted or planned.
Return to wholeness.
Through my service in Christian ministry for 40+ years, I’ve seen so many believers stall out in their faith – they spend their days frustrated, defeated, and even desperate. Broken, in other words. The fulfilling Christian life that others seem to experience eludes them.I know what I’m talking about – you could count me among that number.
Living in fear.
There are plenty of Very Bad Things that can cause folks to live in fear. At the Easter season, it seems right to deal decisively with fears and embrace the cross.
It’s not all about you.
It’s not all about you. It never has been. Check this out: “I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet’s, the writer’s, […]
When God takes His hands off.
When God takes His hands off you, or a people, or a situation, what happens next? This is a really sobering thought for me today. I’m not a theologian nor the son of a theologian, but I’m trying to work intuitively here. Here’s my little thesis: God allows things to happen He doesn’t like. When […]
Fear of surrender.
You are afraid of surrender because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control; all you had was anxiety.
8 points about the coronavirus reality.
The coronavirus reality is that we’ve been in tough places before, and have prevailed.