What is the meaning of my moments and movement beyond the movement of the moment? In Genesis, the story of Joseph crescendos with this dance he choreographs to reconnect with the brothers who dealt so treacherously with him years before.… Continue reading

Some songs to God are full of complaints, pleas, and desperate cries resolving themselves in faith. The temptation is not to sing them because they are not holy enough, not pious enough, rough, raw, guttural, and bleeding from the soul.… Continue reading

There is a stinging indictment here that I, and thousands of preachers can do well to heed today. Jeremiah conveys a sobering issue. Prophets who declare their own dreams and interpretations infallible and speak words of false assurance that do… Continue reading

      Why would Jesus cross any road with anyone? I was part of a panel that asked this question four years ago. My reflection over time is – for a meeting — with me — with anyone who… Continue reading

  .Beloved, you do not ultimately answer to me for who you are. I am not your judge and if I try to be, I stand the chance of being wrong. I cannot even judge my judges. I cannot know… Continue reading

Prayer is a deep spiritual mystery. Mutual communication with God is going on far beneath the surface of our lives. Not only do we often not know what to pray, we often know not what we are praying. This is… Continue reading

I could, can, and do echo this prayer of commitment today: 1. Regulate my thoughts. Rejecting that which is unworthy, focusing on the real longing of my heart for God to show up in my life in a fresh way.… Continue reading

I set urgent goals, make urgent plans, play urgent roles,Pray urgent prayers, seek urgent interventions for my urgent cares.God quietly, silently, patiently hears my cries, my fears, my sobbing tears.God speaks and cage-rattles as silently and patiently to my rage-… Continue reading

"…but I give myself to prayer." Whatever the mess, the tension, the stress, and the opposition, we had better be on that page. There are challenges we cannot face alone. There are perplexities we cannot unravel. There are doubts we… Continue reading

I wonder if anyone would actually join a church called, "The Fellowship of Screw-Ups." Or would they join a church called, "The Beloved Family?" What if they were all the same people – folks who have messed everything up badly… Continue reading