In John 6, Jesus has been asked for big signs, bigger than the mass feedings, bigger than walking on water, bigger than calming the sea, more like daily food for the rest of everyone's life. "Lord, always give us this… Continue reading

  It was Thomas Fuller who penned, ""They say so is half a lie." Fuller was a year younger than I am now when he died in 1661, but he lived long enough to grasp this reality. I have as… Continue reading

I am no scientist. One might argue whether or not I am a philosopher. I am more of a philosopher than a scientist at any rate, sometimes one who enjoys philosophical inquiry about the nature of science. I have studies… Continue reading

… for those who are teetering on hope, who are longing for hope, who are hopeless, hopeful, or hope-deficient … Continue reading

    Who are MY people? Jesus defines that for us. Who is my neighbor? He speaks clearly to that question. I stand with them because I am one of a company of people of faith who believe that faith… Continue reading

"Where there are no doubts, no questions, no perplexities, there can be no growth into the regions where He would have us walk. Doubts are the only means through which He can enlarge our spiritual selves." -George MacDonald Doubts giving… Continue reading

    Severe discipline is a way of describing tough, hard, strenuous training. If you get it, it is because God considers you qualified for it. It means He has confidence in you, in His ability to qualify you more… Continue reading

  Laying the American ideal of rugged individualism and strictly personal sin and forgiveness aside for a moment, let us revisit the concept of collective sin, repentance, and piety that walks alongside the personal When we say we have no… Continue reading

  I am wake-walking through a garden of dreams, eyes open, heart pounding, life-affirming. I am dreaming within a dream of dreams yet to be. My heart is full of emptiness being filled and refilled. My life is an adventure… Continue reading