Beware the gift that stops giving.
Category: Relating to God
Why is it so hard? Because we were made for another world…
We enter the world with simple expectations. We require love, affection and approval. As we grow we become more aware … More
God is better than space food
As we unpacked the contents of our bedrooms into our seemingly massive two-bedroom unit, as well as all our wedding presents, it occurred to us that man could not live on bedspreads alone.
Do we really want to get well?
Do I want to get ‘well’?
What areas in my life do I really want Jesus to help me with?
Make peace with the question marks
“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”
Will you take his hand if more storms come?
You know that expression ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’? Well, for many people there’s a really fine line … More
Relaxation exercise: A conversation with Jesus
In this relaxation exercise, I invite you to imagine you are seated next to Jesus, sharing all your burdens with him.
What God says matters way more than what they say
It’s easy to feel insecure when we assess ourselves using the measuring stick of society.
A prayer for those days Flesh and Spirit are in a full-on war
I wish I could say with unbridled confidence the only eyes that mattered were yours.
What on earth do we do with our shame? Part 2
Part two of a guest post by Michael Leader, pastor at Beverly Hills Baptist Church. When we take drugs or … More