That strange sensation when you wake from a vivid nightmare, only for it to dissolve into vapor within seconds…and if it doesn’t evaporate, you wish it would. Such was my state a few mornings ago. Only the closing seconds of the dream were imaged in my mind, yet sheer terror filled me in the dream … More He Came After Me
Most who met the young couple thought of them as second class citizens. The people of the land resented every breath of island air these two travelers inhaled. Yet here they were in Paradise for Valentine’s Day. If you were there you’d have heard them listening to a soft James Taylor song about sunny skies, … More Valentine of a Lifetime
I know right from wrong. I’ve known the difference since I was a child. Still sometimes I do the wrong thing. I’m not proud of it and I don’t want the whole world to know about it. I am usually better off when my major flaws stay hidden. Society says that’s normal. My culture says … More Our Secret Sins
While seated on His throne of brilliance and glory, a smile flashes across the face of God. Still only a kernel of an idea, a whisper of a vision, yet already He is infinitely in love with me. In a fraction of a moment He plans my future, instilling in me talents and gifts I … More Infinitely In Love
My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer. Psalm 45:1 It’s actually been a while since I’ve thought of my tongue as the pen of a skillful writer (note Exhibits A and B, published in 2002) so I … More Reciting Verses
My prayer life changed dramatically a few years ago when I began to heed these words: “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise…” Psalm 100:4 (NIV) Rather than dumping into prayer with the distressing matter most pressing on my heart, I began to consciously start each prayer with thanksgiving and praise. This … More Neglected Gates
I love the Christian classic THE PURSUIT OF GOD by A.W. Tozer. Tozer has an old-fashioned flair for the multisyllabic and sesquipedalian (i.e. Big Words), and the spiritual concepts he discusses are deep and heady. So usually I can only read a paragraph or two before I have to stop and digest the truths. Today … More God-timacy
