Posts filed under: Christian Living

An Invitation

I am thrilled to share that my solo book is scheduled to be published in late June! Yet, I also recognize that this is a challenging time to release a...

Lamenting and Suffering – What The Book of Job Can Teach Us

I just submitted the manuscript of my book to my publishers. And while I am thrilled the manuscript is completed, I can’t help but think how it’s topic and the...

The Hard and The Beautiful Things of Life

 I woke up this morning to discover this view outside the front door of our home. Where overnight the forces of nature had been unleashed to cover the earth with...

Christmas, An Invitation to Love

Today is the fourth Sunday in Advent. Today we hold love. The birth of Jesus was Love bursting into the world in the form of a baby. It was divine...

Finding Joy

Today is the third Sunday of Advent. Today we hold Joy. Joy is often described as a profound sense of well-being that stems from an assurance that regardless of our...

True Peace

Finding and maintaining a deep sense of peace can be elusive in a culture that tends to prioritize things like efficiency, busyness, multi-tasking, accomplishment, and power. And the constant striving...

Joanna. One of the Devoted.

They left their families, communities and villages. Walking away from the familiar into the unknown and the unforeseen. As they responded to Jesus’ invitation, “Come. Follow me…” Joanna chose to...

The Stones Will Continue to Cry Out

As he prepared to enter the city he was fully cognizant of the trials that lay ahead. He might have chosen to furtively slip in. Attempt to avoid those who...

Turn and See – the Isolated, the Marginalized, the Outcast, and the Broken-hearted

I had always interpreted his comment as reflecting impatience. Perhaps even being infused with a measure of displeasure and annoyance. Reaching the conclusion that he was irritated because someone had...

Small, but Mighty Acts of Resistance

Corruption and immorality had woven itself into the culture. Tensions were high as people were becoming increasingly polarized. They held fast to one side or the other. And peaceful resolutions...