Faith and Doubt
my soul thirsts for you
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness! 2 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit…
Read MoreA Most Fragile Flower
Remembering the 11th birthday of our daughter Elli, who passed away in 2008 *** “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” 1 Peter 1:24-25 Warm winter days in the Midwest can coax bulbs…
Read MoreUnique
I settled into the corner of the couch, buried under the afghan, hands wrapped around a steaming cup of coffee. I was alone with my Bible and study book in the quiet dark of 5:30am. The chapter for the day was Psalm 139, the one with these recognizable verses: For you created my inmost being;…
Read MoreGetting Through Security
The post “I Want In” rises out of long wandering in the desert of doubt. It is part of my story, but it is not me today. I have found faith, albeit weak and often faltering, in Jesus Christ as my Lord and God. I affirm the Nicene Creed, with a little P.S. at the…
Read MoreI Want In
Dear friend, You possess a rock-solid certainty of the truth and accuracy of your faith. This is a gift. Did you know that? Certainty is not a universal thing. I long for it. But, at least for now, I don’t have it. Sometimes I think you fail to understand that about those of us who…
Read MoreFriday Round-Up, Vol 1
On Fridays I’m going to highlight some recent developments and share a few of the posts that touched me this week. A Deeper Story: Tales of Christ and Culture I’m over-the-moon that the founders of Deeper Story have invited me to join them as a story-teller. Their mission is exactly what I’m about: tell stories…
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