You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord, so live your life as children of light. Light produces fruit that consists of every sort of goodness, justice, and truth. Therefore, test everything to see what’s pleasing to the Lord, and don’t participate in the unfruitful actions of darkness. Instead, you should reveal the…
Read more Good Friday makes this kind of joy possible #photofriday
One of the many projects on my desk at the moment is the passport renewal application for both me and Rebekah. I know we’re not going anywhere any time soon – not even to the beach or the mountains – but it seems wrong somehow not to be equipped and ready. Other pressing details include…
Read more New Passports, Global Citizenship, & this Wide and Beautiful World
Okay, so I have nothing too elaborate this morning. It’s spring-forward day so I’m an hour shy on sleep, plus it’s also WFPC’s first “in-person” worship service at 9:00 – which I’m excited about but will have cost me another hour of sleep! (“virtual”, as usual, is 10:00). In consequence I have no time to…
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness;Come before His presence with singing. Know that the Lord, He is God… – Psalm 100 A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about having the fun opportunity to play guitar and sing “Walk Down this Mountain” with pastor John, family ministries director Katherine, and Brett from the…
“The words that I speak to you aren’t mere words. I don’t just make them up on my own. The Father who resides in me crafts each word into a divine act.” – Jesus, John 14:10 It’s an interesting sensation to know that tens, hundreds, possibly thousands of people are reading with me, sharing the…
Jesus said, “Now I am deeply troubled. What should I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, for this is the reason I have come to this time. Father, glorify your name!” – John 12:27-28 Sometimes I wonder if the reason Jesus was so deeply troubled during that contentious week in Jerusalem, leading up to…
Read more Jesus said, “Now I am deeply troubled…” Lent day 2
So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived! All of these new things are from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and who gave us the ministry of reconciliation. In other words, God was…
Read more God’s simple question: “Didn’t I trust you with this message of Reconciliation?”
It’s Friday again, at the end of a very traumatic week (you can read about the sad passing of Rebekah’s sister, Rachel, at “Another epic story moves from this life into eternity”). Life, however – and as it does – goes one, so I thought I would share a handful of impressions for this week’s…
Read more 5-photo-Friday featuring bright splashes of hope and promise
So birds. I haven’t had the time lately to watch and take photos. But yesterday and today there has been such a flurry of activity around our feeder I had to set aside five minutes and grab some photographs. My favorite shots are action. Birds in the air – flying, landing, taking off – are…
I thank my God every time I mention you in my prayers. I’m thankful for all of you every time I pray, and it’s always a prayer full of joy. – Philippians 1:3-4 There is still a lot of extremely serious news to respond to and discuss. But for today I’m sticking with the popular…
Read more A few images of life, love, and inspiration (Photo Friday)
