Okay, friends, the time is finally here. Sometime over the next few hours, one of you will be counted as the “official” one millionth view at DerekMaul.blog. That’s right, 1,000,000. As promised in an earlier post, three things will happen – but only with your permission. Your name and your photograph will be featured one…
Read more Today is the day! Number 1,000,000, claim your prize!
heaven is going to be a little bit like actually being together after this wilderness of isolation.
This is our time to love with such eloquence that the darkness will melt into the nothingness it really is.
My issue is that I am in the business of sharing light, inspiration, encouragement, hope, koinonia, and meaning - yet the media I engage to get my message out is more often used to spread darkness, division, discouragement, disillusion, hate, and confusion.
Read more Should we all just get off the Internet… or help clean the place up?
"Jesus could care less about your politics, what he cares about is you and if you have the courage to live love out loud."
Humility, vulnerability, and wide-open hearts may well be the cure for the malaise that runs deep and wide in our culture
Read more Stop tweeting and try listening! We all have so much to learn…
So I keep plugging away, I keep living faithfully and sharing my stories with you, and I continue to pray - every single time I hit the "publish" button or float an idea for a new book - that these words will land where God intends
Jesus, like the ancient church stones in the photographs, is the foundation and the cornerstone of our faith. At the same time, it is Jesus who continually sings a new song in our hearts...
As Christians our marching orders are clear, and they have nothing to do with bickering, backbiting, shouting others down, rudeness, unkindness - and worse.
Read more if you’re rude and hateful, you’re not following Jesus…
Fasten (rivet, paste) your attention on what is cute, and adorable, and engaging, and delightful, and redemptive, and pleasing, and admirable. Invest your mind and your spirit in things that are exemplary, ideas and images that simply make people smile.
