9 March 2013
Don’t Let My Heart Grow Cold
'Snowball Earth' is a hypothesis that in the distant past, our planet’s surface was once covered by glacial ice from pole to pole. The merits of this hypothesis are of…
2 March 2013
Jesus Knows
“They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began…
23 February 2013
Surrender
One of the discipleship themes we can consider during this season of Lent is that of surrender – letting go of the desires and earthly attachments that have a grip…
16 February 2013
The Lordship of Christ Day by Day
I am a regular taxi commuter and like to engage the drivers in conversation about their work and their lives. They are often knowledgeable, come from a surprisingly diverse background…
10 February 2013
I Am in Good Hands
Nowadays, whenever people ask me how I am, I reply, “I’m in good hands.” Why? Because I am in God’s good hands! Hallelujah! It doesn’t matter whether I am having a good…
2 February 2013
You and I Need to Grow
All children of God need to grow. We understand the need for physical development when we consider how babies grow to become healthy adults. The same is true of our…
26 January 2013
Beholding is Becoming
Last year my spiritual mentor, who is 87 years old, shared with me a phrase that gripped me – “beholding is becoming”. I mulled over this phrase many times and…
19 January 2013
How Could I Not Revere God?
Two quotes help me ponder my reverence for God. Nothing covers everything about God but they cover enough for me, for now. In Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson's When I was…
12 January 2013
God’s Rings and Trees
In the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, the story revolves around a ring so powerful that the quest of the main characters was…
5 January 2013
A Community of Christ’s Disciples
In the last couple of years, the LORD has faithfully led us as a church in the journey of being an intentional disciplemaking church. We praise Him for granting us…