This is where I want you to be. You ask that I deliver you. Then do not be uneasy about it; do not teach Me, and do not teach yourself; surrender yourself to Me. I am competent to be your Master. I will lead you in a way that is pleasing to Me. You think it wrong if [...]
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On the Verge of Everything and Nothing at all
Posted in devotional, discipleship, theo of worship on 22 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Giving up, caving in, falling apart
Posted in christian culture, devotional, discipleship on 3 January, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I think I’m finally sick of faking it…or at least sicker than the last time I resolved to give up on self-sufficiency. I used to be pretty up-tight about multiple “new starts”-now I depend on them. The great challenge of life is not to be all I can be. It’s to be all I can’t [...]
Faith in a minor key
Posted in christian culture, discipleship on 11 March, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lent. It’s dark…dreary…solemn. By the time we come to the end of these 40 days inspired by Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness we are ready. Truthfully, I get more than ready: I get a little DESPERATE. A season of repentance makes me uncomfortable. It makes my sense of self-sufficiency crumble into dust that can only [...]
Becoming small-er
Posted in discipleship, tagged theology on 24 February, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two days after the last post I fell while skiing and broke ribs six and seven on my left side. Hmmm. God are you succeeding in getting my attention? Broken ribs have got to be the most painful and generally least serious of injuries. I compared notes with a friend of mine who recently had [...]
Becoming small
Posted in discipleship on 31 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I went for a quick ski in the backcountry with a friend. At least, that was our intent. About three in the afternoon we found ourselves skiing through old growth forest as the snow increased in intensity. When we left the car a few minutes earlier I briefly picked up my pack and then [...]
