Archive for the ‘ Devotionals ’ Category
Lately I was sent an article that ended with Luke 9:62: Jesus Replied,”No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” At first I felt inspired by this verse, but as I thought more of it, I started to realize the gravity in Jesus’ statement. [ READ MORE ]
I ended a post two months ago with verse 14 from Psalms 27: Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. I’ve spent the last two months trying to build some new disciplines. Some of the disciplines I’ve tried to learn haven’t always stuck, but some have. I’ve been [ READ MORE ]
I haven’t written in this space for a while. I am still writing. I’m not here to apologize, or to commit to writing more. I’m here to say that I am choosing to remain quiet. There are many demands on my time in this moment. I’ve realized I can’t meet them all. Instead, I’m choosing [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been slowly working through a book on spiritual disciplines. Unfortunately other books have been constantly being bumped in front of it, so I’m ashamed to say I started this book nearly two months ago, and I’ve yet to read more than one hundred pages. What has been interesting, is the constant theme of prayer [ READ MORE ]
Lately I feel like my mind has been running in overdrive, looking for rational explanations in the irrational, answers in the questions, and absolutes where there are very few. The funny part is when I try to focus on it, I go blank. When I try to stop the chaos and work on processing, I [ READ MORE ]
One of my favorite parables is the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:1-9. Jesus talks about seeds being sown and landing on four different types of soil. I’m not going to go over the four types here, Jesus does a great job of explaining that in verses 18-23. Instead I want to focus on [ READ MORE ]
I spent some time this afternoon just sitting in my office. I packed up my computer so I wouldn’t be tempted to go on facebook or twitter, and put on some quiet music. I worked through another chapter of a book I’m reading, and then just sat there for a while. It reminded me of [ READ MORE ]
We’ve all heard the saying ‘you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink’. There’s also the twentieth century update to the phrase: “I can only show you the door, You’re the one who has to go through it.” (That’s the Matrix if anyone didn’t recognize it.) We all make many [ READ MORE ]
The year after I finished high school I went from never having a job other than a paper route, to balancing three jobs and my volunteering time at my church. It worked out pretty well at first, one job was 8-5 Monday to Friday, the other was 2-3 evenings a week, and the third was [ READ MORE ]
I’m very fortunate in my life to have a couple of very great mentors in my life. This became even more apparent to me when I had a thought. I doubt I’m the first person to think of this, and I couldn’t find any official quote with a quick google search. People are quick to [ READ MORE ]
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