Nuts and Bolts and Spiritual Growth
Transformation and growth by the Holy Spirit
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We don’t always get it right at first
We don’t always have a right understanding of something at the start. Understanding is often acquired. It comes slowly . . . gradually ....
The Gospel’s Slaying Power
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to...
The Struggle is Real
Have you ever wrestled with something so hard, that it leaves you completely spent? While I’ve never been strapped into a straitjacket...
The Grains of an Ingrained Nature
I was scrambling to make my exit to church, arms loaded, when my Bible hit the stairs with a thud. “Sorry, YiaYia,” I uttered aloud. This...
Tick, Tock . . . Groan
The tick of the clock groans, as the old year runs out of time. I echo its groaning. As does all of creation—as it awaits its deliverance...
Remembering Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven...
Remembering His Assuring Words
Forty days counted out past Resurrection Sunday is a day marked for remembrance. Remembrance of the day, ages ago, when the Son of God...
Remembering His Gracious Appearings
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." They were startled and...
Cling to Jesus
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to...
An Invitation That’s Really Real
Living alone has its ups and its downs. And the downs fell hard last week. With the whole sheltering-in-place in isolation, plus being...
Marks of Humanity
My boss is a marked man. But he’s not the only one. He’s sporting a mark across his nose . . . from wearing a mask. It’s a sign of our...
What if we dropped the keys?
I’ve been doing a lot more walking these days. I think that’s the case for many of us. It’s one of the few places we can go. I headed out...
Recognizing real bears – and learning to not feed them
It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub...
A Has Been That Still Is
What’s brewing around you today, friend? Do you find yourself in the middle of a storm—feeling like there’s no one there to drop anchor?...
How Love Is Seen
I can still hear her giggly, sing-song voice across a whole span of years, “I love you, Mommie!” “Show me,” I’d tease, “how much?”...
When you find yourself asking, “What happens now?”
So many questions! Maybe one of the questions you find yourself asking is “what’s next” and you’re waiting for an answer
When conviction gets hijacked
Where the Spirit is, there is . . . conviction. Humbling conviction. Transformative conviction. Empowering conviction. And, boy, did I...
How "Recalculating" Can Prove Helpful
We were winding our way along back country roads . . . across unfamiliar territory. Suddenly, from the dash, I heard the rather grave...
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