Category: Travelers
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Living with the Lights On
Perhaps your parents were always telling you to turn off lights in order to not waste electricity. That was my dad. As soon as I left a room, the light was to be off. Honestly, as a child I wasn’t very good at turning lights off, and he was frequently exasperated with my brother and…
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Christ Within
Somewhere inside of me. Something within you. The image of the invisible God, who is Christ, shapes something of who we really are. I say “something” and “somewhere” because I cannot quite put my finger on it, find adequate words for it, or identify the God-in-us reality of which Paul speaks. Christ in you, the…
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Threatened by Love
For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” says the Lord who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 God is not threatening to punish us; he’s threatening to love us! How can eternal love…
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The Gospel and Church
For many people, the church has not shared or offered good news. It has been persistently judgmental, accepting only people who fit a certain idealized “norm,” too moralizing, and too demanding. Churches often require adherence to inconsistent behavioral standards, affirmations of beliefs that must be accepted as unquestionable, promote values which sometimes are at odds…
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When God Appears
Last week I suggested that God remains out of reach, not revealing himself when we want that revelation to be on our terms. Once we give up and no longer demand God show himself in the way we want, but let God be God, then we may begin to discover God coming to us. But…
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When God Hides
The spiritual journey begins with faith, which is essentially the recognition that we lack power and need dependence on God. Initially, faith may be only fragmentary and episodic, but nonetheless it comprises the basis for our spiritual life. Without faith, we cannot please God (Hebrews 11:6), because only through trust will we form with God…