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Coming To a Close

Posted in Battle, Calling, Counsel, Discipleship, Invitation, Journey, tagged , , , , on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

One month left.  Three long, exciting, difficult, intense years in a graduate counseling/marriage and family therapy program has come down to one month.  Hard to believe.
I find it ironic somehow that I’m sitting in the same seat as I was four years ago.  Not much external has changed over the past three years.  My job, [...]

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Apprentice Training

Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Counsel, Discipleship, Invitation, Jesus, Restoration, tagged , , , , , , , on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When we moved into our home a few years ago, we turned one of the spare bedrooms into an office.  Bookshelves line the far wall of the room, and sandwiched between two of them, right in the middle of the wall, sits a large desk.  It’s a simple one, with only a flat writing surface [...]

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A Daring Reach

Posted in Counsel, Invitation, Jesus, Jesus' Pursuit, Longing, Restoration on July 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
-John 20:27
In moments of duress we respond with either “fight or flight.”  How many times have we heard that adage?  It’s become so commonplace, we often take for granted that [...]

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On Methods and Mystery

Posted in Counsel, Healing, Invitation, Jesus, Mystery on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Recently I was counseling a young lady who by external standards had everything in life figured out.  On her way to getting her Master’s degree, she has been sought out by a prestigious company offering her a nice bonus for signing on with them.  She was dating a star athlete at her college.  And she [...]

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Toward the Deep

Posted in Invitation, Jesus, Journey, Love, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The fishermen know the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangerous sufficient reason to remain ashore.
-Vincent van Gogh
It is a part of my make-up that I am compelled toward the deeper places, to delve into the inner-world of things.  I was that way even as a kid.  While [...]

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Repentance

Posted in Discipleship, Invitation, Jesus, Repentance, Salvation, Scripture, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 17, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It’s not a popular word, repentance, even in Christian circles.  All kinds of images come to mind when you think of it: a grown woman crawling on hands and knees on cold pavement for hundreds of yards as she approaches the steps of a Bolivian cathedral; loud and embarrassing wailing from overly-dramatic congregates during the [...]

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Returning to Silence

Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Invitation, Restoration, Salvation, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m coming again to revisit this earlier post, included below, from From the Silence, Speak, and more, the wisdom of the silence recommended by it, the contemplative prayer urged by encountering silence.
I am wearied by a lot of talk — my own, especially. There is a lot of it these days all around.  I’m finding that when I [...]

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