I am having a conversation with God. It's one of those one-way conversations, with me talking talking talking. I am also reading a book. A chapter about silence. I have stolen a few minutes at the end of the work day to indulge in this little luxury of reading beneath the colossal oak tree …
Give Me Grace
I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. — Romans 8:39, MSG ::: Happily linking up today …
Instead
Last week, I went to Dallas, where I met with some of The High Calling team. I stayed in a swanky hotel and ate delicious food, and I sat on the rooftop near a pool. We had a good time, and we accomplished important work. Later that week, I went to a different hotel to meet with a different …
For When We Want to Acronym-ize the World
...Then, in my head, I started doing the whole pharisee thing. Remember that story? The one where the pharisee and the tax collector went to pray and the pharisee got all high and mighty, saying, "Thank you, God, for not making me like him," (meaning, of course, like the tax collector). I sat there …
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Give Me Grace
Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish! We don’t play the major role. If we …
What Silence Does
"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Those girls were kidnapped on April 15. It was before I turned fifty, before I went to Maui, before Easter and Good Friday. But I didn't hear about …