meditation

triumphal entry

Yesterday began Holy Week. A week that surpasses even Christmas

habits

And don't let Wormwood whisper in your ear. You know that no matter what, God will at least treat you as well as the tax collectors.

desert spaces

desert: noun                                                 1: arid land with usually sparse vegetation — especially:

the prodigal father - II

And the younger of them said to his father, "

the prodigal father

If I were to run away from home, I'd have to use gas money my parents put in my wallet for me. It's all terribly ironic, but from the limited view of a child, it somehow makes sense. How much more ironic when we try to run away from God?

i must confess

Confession is the first of Foster's corporate disciplines.

grace and truth?

There's a perplexing paradox that's plagued

inward and outward

This post continues my series on Richard Foster's

small love = big love

We might be tempted to believe that he "could have done so much better." He could have achieved any version of human greatness. But none of those things would have made him great. The only entry into the world worthy of the almighty creator of the universe was through a teenager's birth canal.

you never know...

In the daily course of events, I see a lot