Books… Full of Grace and Truth 12 Nov 201412 Nov 2014 Well, with Tuesday being Veteran's Day, I was given the joy of having the day with my girls. So no time to post. But now it is time for a…
Love… Getting Honest About Being Truthful 10 Nov 201410 Nov 2014 In my last few posts on how love is shown by truthfulness we looked at how being truthful and trustworthy (or not being so) was illustrated in the lives of…
Love… Lessons on Truthfulness (or the Lack Thereof) in King Saul 9 Nov 20149 Nov 2014 Contrast the truthfulness of Samuel that we saw in my last post with King Saul. Saul was handpicked by Samuel and by the Lord to be Israel's first king. We…
Love… Lessons on Truthfulness in Samuel 7 Nov 20147 Nov 2014 Love is shown by truthfulness. The importance of truthfulness—honesty and trustworthiness—is one of the main lessons in the book of Samuel. 1 Samuel opens with the story of Samuel's birth.…
Books… We Are Not to Choose the Manner in Which Our Blessings Shall Be Bestowed 7 Nov 20147 Nov 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 9: We Are Not to Choose the Manner in Which Our Blessings Shall Be Bestowed I think you know what God requires of you. The question…
Love… Being Good about Being Good 3 Nov 20143 Nov 2014 One of the characteristics of Christian love is goodness. My last two posts have looked at what that means. Goodness is conducting ourselves towards others in the same way that…
Love… What Does it Mean to Be Good? 2 Nov 20142 Nov 2014 If we are going to be like God, if we are going to love like God, we are going to have to people who love to do good. Love is…
Christian Living Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Part 3 3 Oct 20143 Oct 2014 To practice the grace of peacemaking is to practice love. It is practicing love because the love of God is expressed to us in the offer of peace through the…
Books… The Advantages of Humility 26 Sep 201426 Sep 2014 I have decided to make "Fénelon Friday" a regular thing on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. This selection is from Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House, 1973). Letter…
Spiritual Formation Lessons from Coffee 24 Sep 201424 Sep 2014 My first coffee was a Starbucks grande white chocolate mocha. I was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary at the time. One of my co-workers (yes, I was working at…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 