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The Silver Lining of Loneliness
THE SILVER LINING OF LONELINESS A sense of loneliness is inevitable. It’s so disconcerting, and so irritable. Can any one person fill the deepest caverns? Can spoonfuls of water fill the deepest cisterns? Loneliness isn’t “bad,” not a “problem to solve.” Awakens deeper needs, mysteries to resolve! When we expect others, their love…
“June ‘Gloom'”
Last week, I sat on our back patio at sunrise, sitting in the midst of June gloom. As Californians, June gloom means “the fog rolled in off the coast.” But more, I was struck by the term, “gloom.” I then wrote this poem… JUNE GLOOM The fog rolls in off the coast, our Pacific…
It’s Time To Celebrate!
It’s Time To Celebrate So what are we celebrating with Fall Festival again? “Is it a Christian version of Halloween?” – No, not really. “Is it a Christian version of celebrating Our God who makes Fall?” – That’s closer. “Is it to enjoy family and friends, have fun, eat yummy food, and make new friends…
A Kids Journey Into WorldViews
Kids are born for the purpose of loving God and loving people, just like us (adults). Kids have a purity and clear heart that Jesus sees and He even recommends that our hearts must become like a child to enter into the kingdom of God. It is us the adults, our culture and media that…
Things I Want
June 7, 2016 What I’ve been reminded of, lately: I want to be more bothered by my selfishness than my unhappiness. I want to be more joyous over another’s good fortune than my own. I want my occasional bouts with emptiness to drive a greater hunger for what only God can fill. I want to…
“Beloved!”
Beloved January 13, 2013 Last week’s theme: “Broken” – Broken hearts, broken ways, and a broken spirit. This week’s theme: “Beloved.” DAY 1 When you hear the phrase, “God loves you,” what goes through your mind? Something sweet? Syrupy? “Oh, that’s nice?” If our response is something akin to that, it tells us that we…