Falling on Holy Ground

Yesterday afternoon I headed out to the Falls, an area not far from where we live where a creek meandering its way through the edge of town cascades some 20 feet or so over a jagged cliff edge stretching 50 yards or so across. (It happens to be the state’s largest waterfall.) Nearby are the [...]

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Creating Space

If I could prescribe only one remedy for all of the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. For even if the word of God were spoken in the world, it could not be heard. There is too much noise. Therefore, create silence.
-Søren Kierkegaard

A few years ago some friends and [...]

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Blood and Water

I preached a funeral once. Just once. It was for my uncle’s wife. I say it that way instead of saying “aunt” because I didn’t really know her, and she had been the second or third wife he’d taken. But she was his bride, and he loved her. She had [...]

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Letting Go of Guilt

Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance? -Romans 2:4

Guilt,
originally uploaded
by Grenen.

A friend, Joe, and I were recently discussing the prominent role that guilt seems to play in many people’s lives. In particular, Joe told me how much [...]

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Batter My Heart

by John Donne
Batter my heart, three-person’d God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
(read the rest here)

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Taking Up My Cross

What does it look like to love? It looks like Jesus. Period. He is Love, and as such is the perfect picture of it. And to model it, not only do I need grace in godly measure, I also must model Jesus in His life, even as He is in me — not only in [...]

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Will the Real Men Please Stand Up

Will the Real Men Please Stand Up
A free verse reflection on Christian manhood by Keith Drury
I am a man.
At least I want to be.
I am male,
for sure.
But am I a man?
What makes a male a man?
What turns a boy into a man?
I need models.
Please show yourself, men.
So I can see you.
Study your ways.
Admire you.
Imitate you.
Will [...]

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