Whatever it takes, let us enter rest. I am philosophically, and paradoxically amused by the concept of striving to enter rest and still, I get it. I get it on the day before every day off or vacation. I get… Continue reading

  Oh God, who sees me, knows me, and loves me while seeing through my pretensions. There is nothing I can tell you about myself that you do not already know. I am laid bare by your penetrating gaze and… Continue reading

I shall write this book, and have begun: Spiritual Disciplines for Highly Distracted Souls. I shall finish if I can concentrate enough to do so . Some of you know exactly what I mean. And you are the folks who… Continue reading

  Beyond our opinions of others or their opinions of us as we live in our own times, is the boisterous internal argument about the significance of our lives. More than the legacy that we shall leave and the memories… Continue reading

God is perfectly capable of defending God's own honor. We struggle with it. We can't even agree on what it is. We are multi-polar in our emPHASes. We are indignant when the world does not give proper respect to the… Continue reading

Heart first this morning, every morning, overflowing with a pleasing theme, a sense of centering, and longing for that which is ultimate, eternal, and true, for God. This is the beginning. It is not emotional, but it emotes. It is… Continue reading

On one hand, is the mighty man, boasting of evil.On the other side is God, whose steadfast love remains and endures.  "Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day" – Psalm… Continue reading

We are being stretched by the challenges that extend us and strengthened by the storms that beat upon us. Lent is coming, but it feels like we are already in it. Pre-Lent is a bit of a an enigma, yet… Continue reading

Words matter because, in some mysterious way, they are alive. "Logos," is defined most often as "word," but it is also "principle," "idea," "truth," or "the things spoken of." It is also the act of speaking. It is both in-transient… Continue reading

  A few years ago, reflecting on the news of a friend's death, I wrote: So many deaths … My wife said to me last night, "It's going to be more and more," as I informed her of the death… Continue reading