My Iowa State University physics professor friend John Sanford says…Everyday I am confronted with choices which can move me either toward or away from my good God. Why must I continuously be alert to making wise choices? For the same reason that Win and I as a husband and wife must continually reject attitudes/actions whichContinueContinue reading “We are either moving toward or away from God”
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How should we study the Bible, anyway?
I’ve studied the Bible for 35 years for lots of reasons: information and knowledge, to figure out a crisis I’m going through and to help me defend the faith. But without doubt the best thing I try and do daily (if possible) is to study for the purpose of encountering the living God.Bible reading hasContinueContinue reading “How should we study the Bible, anyway?”
There is a road that leads to true peace … prayer
“A peacemaker,” writes Henri Nouwen in The Road to Peace, “prays. Peace is a gift we receive in prayer. … Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal for all peacemaking. I say this without apology, because it allows me toContinueContinue reading “There is a road that leads to true peace … prayer”
Morning habits, prayers…
Almost every morning for the last 20 years or so, these are 3 of the prayers I try and pray… Good morning, heavenly Father; good morning, Lord Jesus; good morning, Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father, I worship you as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. Lord Jesus, I worship you, Savior and Lord of theContinueContinue reading “Morning habits, prayers…”
Intentionality when trying to hear God’s voice…
Recently the brilliant, insightful Greg Boyd did four short video blogs (about 5 min. each) on discovering and hearing God’s voice. I thought all four were outstanding. I found myself responding to each one, “Absolutely right.” I really like how Boyd says in the first installment that our true character, namelyContinueContinue reading “Intentionality when trying to hear God’s voice…”
Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place
In the 1939 musical fantasy “The Wizard of Oz,” the good witch Glinda tells Dorothy to click her heels together and think to herself, “There’s no place like home.”As she repeatedly chants “There’s no place like home,” suddenly she is back home with her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. Dorothy tells her auntie and uncleContinueContinue reading “Read the Scripture, exit this world, and go to a place”
Straying thoughts when trying to prayer
In case you wondered, you’re not the only person whose thoughts have ever strayed when trying to connect with God. Here’s the prayer of a 9th century Irish priest…Shame on my thoughts, how they stray from me! I fear great danger from this on the day of eternal judgment. During the psalms they wander onContinueContinue reading “Straying thoughts when trying to prayer”
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