“The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” ― Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC    God calls us to space, place, face, and at His own pace… Continue reading

"You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone."- Exodus 18:18, ESV No matter how good what you are doing, is, what… Continue reading

On this National Day of Prayer, oh God … we pray … We the people… The people, we are. United people of United States, States united … Of people … By People … For people The people. Oh, the people,… Continue reading

Something shrank in the night – the glitches. Something grew – you. Continue reading

We need to be able to say “no” to urgency any time it steps outside the boundaries of our priorities as given to us by God. Yes, there will be emergencies that must be faced as they arise. There will… Continue reading

Tomorrow is a national day of prayer, called, curiously enough, the National Day of Prayer. Most of the time and in most places, there will be gatherings with litanies of specific prayers that will be heart-felt,   well-prepared, and sermonic.… Continue reading

No ship’s captain ever complained about a lighthouse getting in his way or inconveniencing him in his journey. Many a lighthouse has saved many a life. Continue reading

Have you ever received a portion of "what is it?" Blessings sometimes come packaged it it. It is your meat. "You asked for it. You got it." Now, eat. It is a blessing. It won't be any good tomorrow morning.… Continue reading

The church that aspires to being coddled by the world, that whines for preferred status, that complains in the wilderness that it only has manna, and that expects great privilege has, perhaps, not read Peter's epistle enough or Jesus' admonitions… Continue reading