Truth Held in Tension
My mind became very busy after I awoke this morning. I reached recklessly for my cell phone on the table next to the bed and touched the screen to light up the time. “5:05 AM Sunday, August 4, 2013” Once I noticed the time, I felt committed to begin my day. Prior to looking at […]
Living Naturally Supernatural
“Hey Mate, our visas are in order and plane tickets are booked. We should be back on the 29th of August. Looking forward to seeing you all! I closed the email and felt a curious mix of angst and excitement swirl around in my gut. Our friends from Australia would indeed be returning to their home at […]
My 30 Day Challenge
“The people who sat in darkness, have adjusted their eyes.” This paraphrase of Matthew 4:16, reflects a mounting frustration I’ve felt growing deep within my heart like a fetus. Like a child growing in a womb, it eventually takes over and makes his presence felt. The incessant kicking and movement eventually wins over all sensibilities […]
Echoes of the Past
The faded calendar hanging over my dad’s workbench was opened to May 2006. It was sometime that month he became too sick to work on his projects any longer. He died nine days into June of that year. Up to that moment I was busy cleaning out the workshop of years of accumulated stuff. Junk mostly. […]
Risk & Faith: Core Values of Fearless Christianity
“How could we ever think the Christian faith would be safe when its central metaphor is an instrument of death? It is not a coincidence that baptism is a water grave depicting death and resurrection.” This observation, written by Erwin McManus in his book, The Barbarian Way, illustrates well the Core Value I’m highlighting in […]
Is God Really Good?
I am wondering if much of our internal wrangling can be distilled into a question? It sounds like, “Is God really good and can He be trusted with our lives?” Seriously, there is alot of bad stuff going on in the world. I would elaborate but my wrangling about the issue of bad stuff happening to […]
The Write Thing To Do
I decided today that it is the right time to begin writing in my blog again. I haven’t written much because, well, I have been way too busy. At least, that’s what I tell myself. Busy? My planner (yes, I still actually write my daily activities), looks like a game of Tetris. I move appointments around strategically so […]
Move That Body!
Ok so I am breaking with my traditional blog of deep, thought provoking and inspiring stuff to write about another subject I am passionate about~ exercise! Now I am not talking about going to The Gym or some fashionable fitness place with supermodels where you need to be in shape before you go there to work out […]
Self Improvement & The Next Big Thing!
We are bombarded with advertisments and suggestions on how to improve our lives. We can choose from a virtual smorgasbord of Infomercials, Holistic Institutes, Self-Help Books & Audiobooks, Motivational Speakers, Websites, Seminars, Personal Coaching, Online education, Weight Loss and Stress Management Programs all promising a new and improved You! Americans are spending somewhere around 11 billion bucks a year […]
Somewhere in Between
We are always in the process of becoming. At least I am speaking of myself. It sometimes occurs to me that other people may be quite content being who they are and are satisfied with what they do. Everyday, like the buttons on a VCR player (remember those?), life is lived on basically four functions: […]