To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.2 Peter 1:1-2 - early morning coffee and devotion For the past few days I have been thinking about the relationship between …
Continue reading Understanding Grace as a Prerequisite of Peace
Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.Hebrews …
Continue reading Lowering the Temperature: practical steps we can take to bring peace
- springtime beginning to break out in our neighborhood Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.John 14:27 If you like weather, then March is always a great month here in Wake Forest. …
- Sunflowers for Ukraine Then Jesus said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my …
Continue reading Ash Wednesday and some Sunflowers for Ukraine
God will judge between the nations, and settle disputes of mighty nations.Then they will beat their swords into iron plows and their spears into pruning tools.Nation will not take up sword against nation; they will no longer learn how to make war.Come, house of Jacob, let’s walk by the Lord’s light.Isaiah 2:4-5 One of my earliest school memories is of …
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - Jesus, John 14:27 - our "Dresden Angel" knows a lot about the kind of peace Jesus offers... When I wrote my Advent devotional book, …
Continue reading What Does Peace Look Like? “Let not your hearts be troubled”
closing out an interesting year
let's help our nation turn back in the right direction by, first, turning ourselves....
Why do so many relationships fall apart? Because we fail to practice the essential principles of Christ's teachings.
I'm thinking about how blessed we are to have enjoyed family over the past few weeks, and how we pay that sense of blessing forward by living - day to day - grateful lives.
Derek Maul: Words, Photographs, and Food for the Journey 