In today's world we are constantly being asked to say something. In conversation. On social media. Through our work. And yet how many times have we heard or read something and cringed in embarrassment for the speaker, knowing …
Wisdom
I spend a lot of time thinking about the gaining of Biblical wisdom. It's how I want the latter years of my life to be characterized. I want to grow in wisdom even as my body declines with age. So I am often searching the …
Seeing Myself on the Pages of Scripture
Although I grew up in a Christian home--walked an aisle and was baptized while still in kindergarten--I confess that I didn't get the big fuss over the Bible. Reading it, I mean. Granted, it held interesting stories, but most …
The Agony and the Beauty
Today is the day we consider Christ's agony. Sunday is the day of His beauty. Or is it reversed? Certainly in terms of what the cross and the empty tomb meant to the physical person of Jesus, the above is a true statement. …
Dressed In His Righteousness Alone
Words--their meanings and the ideas they convey--are important to me. Yes, it's because I write. But it's also because I am alive. Because God created us as communicative beings. First to communicate with Him, then with one …
Watchman Nee quotes
This year I've been reading two Watchman Nee devotional books. I mentioned these to my friend recently, explaining that I had picked them up when in my Watchman Nee phase. (i.e. I raced through several of his books in a …
Fire and Fragrance
A few weeks ago I went looking for my Watchman Nee devotional book and found not one but two on my shelf. So I've been reading them both each day, pondering the thoughts of this godly man. Last week, I read this Daniel verse …
At the Cross (Love Ran Red) by Chris Tomlin
Do you ever get a worship tune stuck in your head? I mean you wake up singing it. You go to bed singing it. You find the words your companion through your menial tasks of the day. This actually happens to me quite a bit. But …
Puzzle Problems
Over Christmas break I got a hankering to work a puzzle again. Which worked out well, because a couple of years ago I bought a Christmas puzzle on clearance, put it in the closet, and forgot about it! So I pulled it out, set …
Why I Love the Christmas Season
I love the Christmas season. Not just Christmas Day or Christmas week, but the entire month (or 5 five weeks, depending on the year!) that we set aside to celebrate Christ's birth. When I was younger, this love grew out of …