I tried to look around the bend, to peer beyond the turn, and of course I couldn't. I used to worry about that, but now I realize that the truth of promise is who walks with me, not necessarily what's around the next corner.
This is the invitation of Christmas! Christmas is the invitation to not be afraid; it's the invitation to trust; it's the invitation to live!
So you say you want to experience real peace? To know the peace that passes understanding? To be free from anxiety and stress and self-doubt? Well, follow Jesus! Bust out of the narrow confines of your own carefully managed definition of comfort! Throw yourself in with the Prince of Peace, the Guide to the Great Adventure.
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Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. – Ephesians 6:13 Here in North Carolina this has been a beautiful week of emerging fall colors and “windows-wide-open” temperatures. It’s also been…
This is one of those blog posts that is a response to a question. And, like most such posts, I’m probably giving a bigger answer than the question begs. But I’m an over-thinker; always have been; that’s just what writers do. The question came out of a hymn. Or, more properly, a spiritual. Here’s the text…
Read more didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel? (preaching to the choir)
(Follow-up to yesterday’s garden post) Saturday early evening, walking around the MaulHall garden in the cool evening breeze, I finally caught a vision of what might be (once we do a phenomenal amount of hard work). It’s interesting how it goes. Rebekah has the ability to stand somewhere, anywhere – in an overgrown yard, in a…
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. (Galatians 5:22-23) Today’s post is going to direct you to click on two links. Please take a moment to look at them both. Because – along with the few thoughts I’ll share on…
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God” (John 1:12-13). Today’s Advent Character is critically important to the story as it unfolded two-thousand years…
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Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (Philippians 4:8) So I’m a little confused by the world, right now. I mean, here we are in the so-called “Information Age” and it’s pretty-much impossible anymore to know…
his morning I had my first cup of coffee on the back porch, reading the paper and enjoying the fresh, misty beginnings of the new day. Scout, who considers it her responsibility to monitor all outside activity (see picture, below), sat by the screen and made sure that nothing moved without her authorization. The main…
Read more Petraeus, Tampa Schools, and the Crime of Mediocrity
