Love… What Wisdom Looks Like 16 Nov 201416 Nov 2014 Love = grace + truth. When we respond to others in grace and conduct ourselves in the truth we are living a life of love. One of the ways of…
Books… Edwards’ Spiritual Direction to Young Christians 4 Nov 20144 Nov 2014 Tuesday with Edwards! Today I have selected a letter Edwards wrote in response to a letter from an eighteen year old Deborah Hatheway. Her town had been experiencing revivals after…
Forgiveness… What Do Forgiving People Look Like? 28 Oct 201428 Oct 2014 Love is shown by forgiveness. How can we become people who forgive others as Jesus has forgiven us? What can we do? In this concluding post on forgiveness, I want…
What I've Been Learning Given Comfort to Give Comfort 6 Oct 20146 Oct 2014 I recently met with a person who was having a hard time dealing with the pain and challenge of having a grown child with mental illness. As I listened to…
Grace… Lessons from Breakdowns 22 Sep 201422 Sep 2014 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you…
Fenelon… It’s a Fénelon Friday 19 Sep 201419 Sep 2014 I needed a little Fénelon today. I have shared some of his stuff in the past. If you still don't have a copy of Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House…
Christian Living… Spurring Lessons, Part 2 10 Sep 201410 Sep 2014 Yesterday I shared the first two ways in which we can spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). The first was to live it, to be…
Christian Living… Spurring Lessons, Part 1 9 Sep 20149 Sep 2014 God wants us to spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). How do we do that? How do we entice and motivate each other toward love…
Christian Living… Spurring One Another? 7 Sep 20147 Sep 2014 This week I am going to finish up my series on the one anothering passages in the New Testament. There are still several more that I did not get to.…
Christian Living Got Beans? 29 Aug 201429 Aug 2014 I think encouraging one another is important enough to give you an assignment to practice it this week. Your assignment, your mission—if you choose to accept it—is to only speak…