Strength for the Journey Brent and Susan's wedding reception in the San Juan Islands drew friends and family from all over the United States. As the music rose on salted air their guests mingled. But I had eyes for only one. Where was she? Riddled with cancer,...
On our own, we cannot understand what God is saying. Most of us fail to recognize that something supernatural is taking place when we understand what God is saying to us. We falsely assume it is a natural extension of our own thinking process, when...
The cavalier assumption, "If there is something God wants me to hear, I will hear it," masquerades as faith -- but it is not faith -- it is ignorance of how hearing God works. God's word will come to us, no matter where we are; but for...
The torrent of scalding anger had subsided, but hurt still stung my heart and rashly spoken words still hung in the air. We had fought the night before. Yes, I should have handled it better -- but I was tired, fed up and didn't care...
. The actuality of God's independent splendor shines with or without our acknowledgement. His capacity to fulfill all that He wants to be and do for us remains an eternal verity, untouched by our oblivion of it. The quiet thunder of His voice sounds, even if we...
Last week we explored the staggering possibility that we can hinder what God wants to do and be for us from coming-to-be in our life. This week we will learn how the soil of our soul can keep us from hearing the message God wants-us-to-hear. Moses vigorously...