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02.06.15

What we've experienced up until now leads us to develop certain expectations about the future. The problem with this is that we might just make faulty assumptions, if they're based solely on what we've learned from our own limited experience.

Some of these faulty assumptions aren't too damaging. Others are life-threatening. But making ...

02.05.15

Just today alone, I witnessed a horrific plane crash in Taiwan, a fiery train derailment in New York City, and a brutal execution in the Middle East. Thank goodness (for me) these were sanitized news clips. I was not forced to watch anyone actually die, or directly see anyone be seriously, life-alteringly injured.

But make no mistake,...

Inside Out

02.04.15

Have you ever discovered that you've put your t-shirt on inside-out? It's not usually the most elegant fashion statement.

But, as an elegant solution for change? The inside-out approach is absolutely the best! The Bible talks frequently about "inside-out" change, as opposed to "outside-in" change. And there are some very good reasons for...

Wide Open Spaces

02.03.15

A couple of weeks ago I went in for an MRI exam on my back. Have you ever been in an MRI tube? It can get a little tight and close in there. Fortunately, I'm not claustrophobic when it comes to physical space.

But I am when it comes to my spiritual space. I don't like it at all when guilt and shame press in around me because of something...

Better Broken than Crushed

02.02.15

What would your decision be if you were presented with the following choice: "Would you rather be broken or crushed?"

Mine would be "option C."

I mean, really?! Broken or crushed. What kind of choice is that?

Well... actually...

It was the choice Jesus presented to the chief priests and the elders in...

When Jesus' Love Gets Direct

02.01.15

A lot of times we associate directness and bluntness with a lack of tact, or outright unkindness. With the picture many of today's people have of Jesus, most can hardly imagine Jesus ever being direct or blunt in his speech.

But sometimes the best way anyone can love a person is to get straight to the point. Sometimes the kindest thing...

Even Before It Happens, He Knows

01.31.15

Wouldn't it be great to have a periscope that allowed you to peer around the corner of today, and see into the future? Personally, I think even an hour or two's foresight would be great, much less a whole day!

Although you and I possess only the gift of cloudy foresight, Jesus is the Son of God. That makes him capable of seeing with 20/...

Echoes of Grace

01.30.15

I love to hike. And here in Arizona we have a lot of canyons where a person can travel up a stream. There's just something about water and trees in a desert.

But the other thing I love about canyons is the way the sound moves through them -- the sound of birds singing, the rush of the wind, the bubbling of the creek.

And the echo...

01.29.15

As king of Israel, David had a lot of responsibility. For the kingdom of Israel, he was a visionary leader, a political leader, and a military leader. And not to be lost in all those responsibilities is that David was to shepherd and lead the people's hearts to God.

For David to carry out all his varied responsibilities faithfully, he...

Found, and Held Fast

01.28.15

Charles Duhigg, in his book The Power of Habit, calls them "keystone habits." These are single habits or patterns that, once successfully established, will "pay forward" and help us...

The Hug that Follows the Discipline

01.27.15

I've actually seen it occur on multiple continents. I've witnessed it here in the U.S. I've also watched it occur in Africa and in Europe.

The scene always plays out the same. A parent, slightly distracted, or perhaps simply trusting for a moment that her two-year-old knows how to behave, allows the child to pull free of her hand.

I can walk on my own

01.26.15