Powerlessness
If you’re powerless over something, you either have to let it go or be content where it will take you. There is no middle ground.
Faith
Melting Worry
Hope seen . . . slowly softens the crust of worry. Hope celebrated . . . melts worry away. Melted worry is the compost that feeds faith and destiny.
God’s Progress
When we turn everything over to Him and it still seems we’re losing ground, it’s time to fully trust. Even when we can’t see it, God is claiming new territory every day. Soon enough, we’ll be able to view the entire estate.
Things that Foster Dog taught me, part 2
When I returned from my morning workout at 6 a.m. this morning, I could see Zoe’s piercing blue eyes through the slats of the gate. In recent days, Foster Dog’s presence at that location meant only one thing — time for another walk. This would be the second morning in [read more]
Shame as a place of beginning
My son, Justin, gave me a book a couple of years ago. Reverence, by Paul Woodruff, has been forming my life in some incredible ways. Professor Woodruff’s basic thought is that reverence is one of humanity’s virtues. And although he acknowledges that reverence can be focused through one’s view of [read more]