On the ninth day of Christmas my True Love gave to me…nine fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control: the nine-flavored fruit is fragrant evidence of the presence and work of the God’s own Spirit in our lives. It describes a living still-life Read more…
It all started with some bad housekeeping… I had bought some sweet potatoes that somehow never made it to the table. Instead they languished in the cupboard, waiting to be used, enjoyed for the purpose for which they were grown. The days grew longer, and the sweet orange roots began Read more…
I am more like Jonah than I often recognize. He sat under a volunteer vine, glad of its shade and God’s apparent favor, waiting for God to “keep His word” and destroy the city of his enemies. How quickly he had forgotten his own experience of God’s rescue of him Read more…