Tis the Season
Tis the season to get outside. Don’t wait. Dawdle. Postpone. Summer comes but once a year. When it’s not celebrated and embraced, regrets run deep. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, …
Sleep. It Does a Body Good
Seven weeks in the hospital with my son, Joe, left me wilted and worn. Once home, my fierce commitment to sleep, met stiff resistance against a growing battle with insomnia. The culprit this-time-around? It was not simply …
Shipwrecked
How do I change the direction of this ship? I hate that my life feels like a shipwreck. It probably looks like one, too. If there was ever a shipwrecked soul (apart from me), it was Bill W., …
God Speaks
When God speaks to us through the work of the Holy Spirit, it is both predictable and personal. Predictable: We hear from the Holy Spirit through God’s Word. We have full and free access to the mind and …
In the name of love
No matter our personality, our upbringing or our recent history we can’t be taken hostage by the demands of this world or even its most desperate needs. We must refuse the chains of guilt and do that …
“New” Truth
Why are we magnetically drawn to some portions of scripture and repelled by others? I think it has to do with our familiarity and comfortability of the verses before us. Growing up, I was taught that “Remembering the Sabbath” …