Wednesday Greetings, Retreat!The battle call.... that allows you to fall back, save yourself for a moment, regroup, and prepare for what's next.I'm doing that.I'm going to be away for the first three weeks of September, back in the office on September 23. I'm retreating... to...
Wednesday Greetings, The Cross is to be worn, not as a badge of honor, but of humility.I get concerned these days that the cross, a symbol of humanity's sin and God's grace, is being worn more as a badge of honor than one of humility.Yes, I'm proud to be in the Christian faith. ...
Wednesday Greetings, Sometimes I shake up my teeth brushing routine, but starting on the bottom teeth, rather than the top teeth.Shocking, I know.And when I do, it changes my whole day. I think... "Did I get everywhere?" I have to think about it because the routine was...
Wednesday Greetings, Last year, I had the opportunity to sit with a seminary professor who focused his studies in the Psalms.Psalm 46:10 Be Still, and know that I am God.It's a famous phrase that this professor brought to life for me. He told us the psalmist was in the midst...
Wednesday Greetings, Imagine being Jesus...He had all the powers of the world. He walked on top of the water. He healed with a word, a touch, a thought, a prayer. He spoke with wisdom unlike anyone else.And people flocked to him.... to see him, to touch even the hem of his...
Wednesday Greetings, "Hump Day" Wednesday is considered the middle of the week, often referred to as "Hump Day." You're over the hump of making it through the week.It's a good reminder to all of us ... we do get through, time moves on, we're halfway through... you did...
Wednesday Greetings, Some days...are just harder than others. It's in those days that I read from Psalm 13:"How long, O Lord?" the Psalm beginsThe Psalm writer is struggling. Whatever challenge(s) are being faced don't seem to end, and it feels like God has turned away...
Wednesday Greetings, Alright... whoever prayed for the weather to warm up... You can stop praying now!It's hot here. Supposed to be 114 degrees on Thursday. Oy vey!Now.... did your prayers work? In abundance?We don't really know. We don't really know how our prayers...
Wednesday Greetings, Sometimes... my mind wanders, and finds itself in a "troubled" place, fearing the world around me, focusing on the problems, thinking less of myself (and sometimes thinking more of myself) than I really am... just troubled.It's in those moments that I turn to God...
Wednesday Greetings, Some people say to me, "I don't need to tell people about my faith; they can see it in my actions."Some people say to me, "I need to tell everyone about my faith."Did you know both are true? At the same time!It's important for us people of faith to speak about our...