Mystery haunts us. We do not like it. But the fact is that mystery exist all around us. The longer we deny this mystery or pretend like we can master this mystery… the longer we will pretend and maybe even believe we are in control. As long as we feel like or believe we are [...]
Life is too short to happen-chance one’s way through it. There is far too much at stake to spend time spreading one’s time, energy, gifts, and influence thinly over a large area. Jesus understood what it meant to pour his entire being into a focused area… namely twelve men. It was through these twelve men [...]
“Nothing is constant – except change itself.” Change is difficult. It is something that we naturally attempt to avoid because of the discomfort it so often brings. This discomfort is usually attached to the unknown future. Because of the unknown – we often times fear change – not due to change itself – but because [...]
It is far too easy to become distracted and complacent. Right now my heart is both content and restless. I feel comfortable, but it is this comfort that also brings with it restlessness. I do not want to become so comfortable that I reject (maybe even unknowingly) opportunities to live life to the full for [...]
Sharing love can be one of the most exhilarating and perplexing things to do in this world. It seems so simple on the surface… love…. But I am quickly coming to the conclusion that giving and receiving love may be one of the greatest mysteries in the universe that holds both great reward and great [...]
My heart is covered in wounds. Like a seasoned warrior… my heart has fought many battles in this life… I have fought for beauty, intimacy, purpose…. but through my life journey – my heart has been wounded many times over. These wounds have been incurred when I have chosen to open my heart – only [...]
Lectio Divina is one of my favorite ways of spending time in God’s Word. This form of reading/meditating on Scripture flies in the face of my desire to dissect the Word of God for my own gain. As I plummet into the depths of Scripture through lectio divina – I am in a constant state [...]
“I have come to give you life… life to the full!” I have staked much of my life journey on these words of Jesus. I have believed them, and it is for these words that I fight the good fight of faith. Even though I believe these words, I feel like I have not yet [...]
I am rushing. I feel as if life is passing me by – second by second. As each new second is birthed – the old dies a quiet death – never to be regained. I desire to slow down… savor… my heart desires depth not brevity. Maybe I rush in order to numb my hopes, [...]
Humanity has always desired to know more Truth. One could argue that the original sin committed by Adam and Eve was fueled by the pursuit of Truth. Adam and Eve desired to know what it was like to be God. They wanted to know the difference between good and evil. Their innate desire created a [...]