What a strange world we have found ourselves living in these days, friends. Words like social distancing and quarantine are shaping up to be some of the defining themes of this year and I, like many of you, are still…
The Art of Giving Up
This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and the start of the season of Lent in the churches that follow a liturgical calendar. Five years ago, I published a post with this same title around this idea of giving something up for…
His Love Endures
“The Lord’s kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. The Lord can always be trusted to show mercy each morning” – Lamentations 3:22-23 At the end of last year, when everyone was talking…
Seen and Known
“So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, ‘You are a God of seeing,’ for she said, ‘Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” – Genesis 16:13 Of all the names of God,…
Fear and Truth
As I look back and reflect on the path that this blog has taken, I can’t help but smile at little at the randomness of it all. Admittedly, I’m probably not the best blogger because of that. I guess you…
Hopeful Expectation
“Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed – that exhilarating finish in and with God – he could…