Books… If You Have Love, You Have Everything 15 Jan 2016 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 28: If You Have Love, You Have Everything I have thought a great deal, since yesterday, about the matters of which you wrote me, and I…
Books… The Time of Temptation and Distress Is No Time to Make Decisions 8 Jan 2016 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 27: The Time of Temptation and Distress Is No Time to Make Decisions The overflowing distresses you are going through right now are like the rivers…
Going Deeper… Why Won’t God Just Take This Away? 6 Jan 2016 For the director of music. A psalm of David. How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I…
Grace… Loving Our Enemies 19 Dec 2015 David modeled what it means to love your enemy by sparing Saul's life in 1 Samuel 24. In yesterday's post we dug into the reality that the New Testament teaches…
Books… Absolute Trust Is the Shortest Road to God 18 Dec 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 26: Absolute Trust Is the Shortest Road to God I have no doubt that God considers you to be one of His friends; otherwise He would…
What I've Been Learning This is true… 15 Dec 201515 Dec 2015 I have been learning that Jesus often gives us the strength to keep going with our problems when we are willing to reach out and help others in spite of…
Grace… Lessons from Boilers 14 Dec 2015 On October 24th our boiler died. Saturday December 12th, the last of the work was completed on our new system. That is 7 full weeks without heat or hot water.…
Thankful Giving Thanks for Everything 26 Nov 2015 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand…
Thankful Being Thankful 22 Nov 201522 Nov 2015 One of the things I have been learning is that you cannot force thankfulness any more than you can force joy, or love, compassion, or contrition. Going through the motions…