I realize lately that when I write, I am consistently harping on the reality of busyness and its role in our lives. This blog is as much journal as anything, a locale I come to occasionally to offer what’s on my heart and mind, and this topic is apparently a consistently weighty one for me.
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An Enemy Among Us
Posted in Battle, Home, Identity, Jesus, Journey, Longing, Salvation, tagged Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy on February 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Toward the Deep
Posted in Invitation, Jesus, Journey, Love, tagged Calvin Miller, chemistry, Dallas Willard, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Into the Depths of God, Psalm 34:8, St. Augustine, The Cost of Discipleship, Vincent van Gogh 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 [...]
This World: Battleground
Posted in Battle, Counsel, Journey, tagged A.W. Tozer, Counseling, Ephesians 6:10-18, This World: Playground or Battleground?, Warrior on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A. W. Tozer has given one of his books a great title, “This World: Playground or Battleground?“ It’s an insightful book, and Tozer spends page after page unpacking that one question he asks with the title. We’ve heard not to judge a book by its cover. I think this one judges me, waiting for my [...]
In-Tension
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Holiness, Jesus, Journey, Love, Scripture, tagged 1 Timothy 6:19, Hebrews 12:3, John 11:7-16, John 12:15-17, John 4:27-33, John 9:1-3, Lazarus, Luke 18:31-34, Luke 18:34, Mark 9:14-29, Thomas on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The disciples did not understand any of this.
-Luke 18:34
The journey we’re on with Christ is one of great tension, of what can at times feel like a balancing act, tug-of-war between two opposing forces and we are tight-roping the taut rope between, trying at times with all our might not to lose our balance.
But knocking [...]
Moses’ Training
Posted in Calling, Identity, Journey, Scripture, tagged Education, Leadership, Moses, Testing, Training Ground on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following article comes from a recent report from Training Ground. It is so good, it needs no introduction. I wanted to post it in its entirety…,
Leadership Through the Story of Moses
For Moses, 1/3 of his life is a great picture of where young men find themselves today. Till 40, Moses was “educated in all [...]
The God Who Speaks
Posted in Conversational Intimacy, Discipleship, Invitation, Jesus, Journey, Longing, Love, Prayer, Remembering, Scripture, Story, tagged Abednego, Ephesians 4:30, John 14:13-15, Meshach, Shadrach on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend of mine about the ways that God has been speaking to her lately. She said that she used to hear people talk about “God told me this” or “God told me that” and she always wondered, “How do you know that God said that?” or “How [...]



