You see, in the end, while our labor and disciplines can matter, and even help, what Jesus wants is not our labor and disciplines, but us. READ MORE
Discipline
Skipping Along
My soul is like a smooth stone skipping along the surface of something deep, mysterious, and inviting, wobbly and out-of-control. READ MORE
God is in Charge!
Three times in Daniel 4 we see that the Most High is over the kingdoms of humanity and establishes them as he pleases. God is in charge! READ MORE
Integrity, No Matter the Cost
Integrity is the art of modeling and managing trust in a superlative fashion. And yet owning it is one of the most challenging things any human can do. The toll depravity takes on the soul is such that being a steward of trust is nigh to impossible, certainly without any concerted effort. In a world where the READ MORE
Are You Paying Attention?
The Book of Judges presents a fascinating story regarding the intuitive power of availability and attentiveness. Consider the following from Judges 7:1-8: Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them, by the READ MORE
Our Remarkable Inheritance
When the Apostle Paul applies his pen to the fourth chapter of his letter to the Galatian Christians, he writes of a most remarkable reality regarding the Christian life. Consider what he says in Galatians 4:4-7: But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those READ MORE