Spiritual Formation How Do You Get To Know God? 24 Feb 201424 Feb 2014 What does it mean to know someone, I mean really know someone? Certainly it means we know of them. It also means we know more than that, it means we…
Family… Sunday Lessons 23 Feb 201423 Feb 2014 Today marks a week since Anna came home from the hospital. The week has predictably been full of ups and downs, but she is glad to be home and we…
Christian Living… Love = Grace + Truth 22 Feb 201422 Feb 2014 A note of Introduction I received a comment today asking me where I got the idea for the title of my blog, Learning to be Full of Grace and Truth.…
God's Love… Running in the Wrong Direction 21 Feb 201421 Feb 2014 I want to highlight two misconceptions many people have, and maybe you are one of them that help create an expectation of Jesus that makes us want to run away…
What I've Been Learning What I’ve Been Learning in My 43rd Year 19 Feb 201419 Feb 2014 Today I turned 44. It has been a heck of a year. There have been many ups and downs, victories and defeats, challenges and triumphs. All that is to say…
Books Book Review: The Walking Wounded: The Path from Brokenness to Wholeness 19 Feb 20143 Apr 2014 One of the things I have come across more often than I would like in my pastoral ministry is abuse. Verbal abuse and bullying (of both youth and adults) has…
Church… Homecoming 18 Feb 201418 Feb 2014 Yesterday Anna came home. It was so good to be together as a family again. She was so glad to be back, and we all felt the same. We had…
Family… One Day More… 16 Feb 201416 Feb 2014 Tomorrow Anna comes home, and right in time to enjoy February break. I am sure she is looking forward to coming home more than I am…and that would be a…
Christian Living… I Need to Let Go, Part 2 16 Feb 201416 Feb 2014 Yesterday I shared one of the things I have been learning (especially lately): that I need to let go of my past. We are free to let it go, and…
Christian Living… I Need to Let Go, Part 1 15 Feb 201415 Feb 2014 The events of the last week and a half have brought me back to a lesson God has been teaching me for a long time: that I need to let…