“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him – these things God HAS revealed to us through the Spirit.” – I Corinthians 1:9-10 I love to meditate on what it means to be sanctified. Once,...
This Sunday, many churches around the world will recall the Baptism of Jesus. Jesus’ baptism by John is mentioned in all four gospels, though less detailed in the Gospel of John. It was a significant event. Everybody was talking about it. You don’t quickly...
Hi Everyone, I hope your holidays were full of joy. I grew up going to a little church in N.C. where every single service, two on Sunday and one on Wednesday, ended with an invitation. We often sang a verse or two of Just As I Am, (it has six), and it seems...
A colleague of mine recently said, “My friends tell me I’m a terrible atheist.” He was being both humorous and serious. He had tried to doubt the existence of God, but in the end, his belief in God was not as disposable as he thought it might be. Given the...
“In love we learn who we want to be; in war we learn who we are.” – Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale This is the opening line in a historical fiction novel I started reading this week. I was intrigued and paused to think about this statement for a while, to...
Someone said, “Life isn’t built in lifetimes; it’s built in moments.” It’s so true. If you don’t take in the moments, you can miss so much goodness. Moments are so persistent. They just keep coming, one after another, every single one like a tiny capsule holding a...
