Beneath the juniper…
Give God ground
I was afraid this God thing wouldn’t work, and it sure didn’t feel like it was working.
Wearing lies
Thank God for anger! It’s a neon sign telling us we’re nurturing something very harmful. We’re trying to wear a lie.
Saint or not?
Lay your heart down in this search for God. Your whole heart. Without reserve. Do not give up, and do not take it back.
Who wants God anyway?
We have been blinded, dulled, and misinformed about the dynamism that is inherent in a relationship with God!
En-joyed by God
That’s when the light breaks into the darkness. That’s when the candles start to burn. That’s when this thing called joy pops up in our hearts even as our hearts break.
It is our choice
With God there is never just darkness (cf John 1:5). He owns the darkness. It is at His command; therefore, it is at our command.
Hopeful realism
Hopeful realism is well aware that crucifixions occur, but this awareness is also informed by resurrection.
Cruel or beautiful?
In what ways are you teaching yourself to turn from the negative to the positive, from the cruel to the beautiful?
No time for tombs
Watch Him lead the way out of the tomb within where you keep all the doubts, the nagging (but useless) questions, and the fear. We have no time for tombs.