Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. — Matthew 6:33 So…about those leaf-hoppers… My current theory (or insight) is that the tiny, sap-sucking things are very like the “secret” critic that often infests the places that Jesus means me to live 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…
This day of celebration can be so obscured by the food and the gift-giving that we miss the important, far-reaching gifts brought by the One who truly loves us. On each of the next twelve days, I will be posting a short meditation on what our Bridegroom has brought us Read more…
I just spilled coffee on the chair and rug in my office trying to intercept a moth. Moving things to deal with the spill, I discovered a new place on the rug where the moth larvae have been feasting. The only way I know to deal with them, aside from Read more…
Jesus offers us rest… rest from the crazy-making struggle of having to be good enough; rest from the dizzying effort of understanding why anything; rest from the air-sucking pressure of maintaining our “composure.” Jesus offers us company… delighting in our presence; responding to our conversation; walking with us everywhere. Jesus Read more…
I have been under the pruning shears for my whole life, but the last year and a half have been pretty severe. This morning I have a little more insight into what Jesus was saying when He said the Father prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it may Read more…