So…what if the way I have approached repentance is upside down? What if being transformed into the likeness of Jesus is not about me listing all my sins, grieving deeply enough over them, coming up with a strategy to distance myself from them and all the situations that provide temptation? Read more…
I have a leaf-hopper problem. They are not usually a big enough issue for the “insects of the garden” book to give more than a nod to dealing with them. But they ruined last year’s grape crop. Instead of the hundred pounds I expected, I got about twenty-five, if that. Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 My commitment is to follow Jesus every day in the everyday…So, how shall I think about Jesus as the King over my food choices? Does it matter? Why would He care? Should Read more…
Names are a big deal in the Bible. They are not just a handle to use to find someone on Facebook; names are intricately linked to character qualities, divine assignment or to historical events. Cities have names that reflect the builder, the geography around it, or the ruler-ship of it. Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 First, I must apologize for failing to get a post out last week. I take my (self-imposed) deadlines seriously, and had started a post but ran out of time Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 Jesus does not tell us to produce His righteousness, but to seek it, search for it, go after it. In fact, the command “Be holy as I am holy,” actually means: Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:3 This week seeking His kingdom before mine looks like swapping out a planned writing session for listening to a heart-breaking story and making space to let Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 I didn’t want to go. I was warm and comfy in my quiet time corner, Bible and journal in my lap. It is cold outside, (at least for here in the Arizona Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 Thanks to countless church services and Bible studies (and my personal study), I have a lot of really great ideas about God, but my own functional thoughts about Him, how I relate to Read more…