Musings

Is Anything Worth More Than Your Soul?

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross,…

Seeming Silence

And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their…

Becoming Like Jesus

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from…

Birdsong Symphonies and Other Signs of Spring

“for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our…

Bruised, Broken, Blessed

Today’s Musing is from Margaret Fowler. “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” —Deuteronomy 33:27a (NIV) One of my childhood memories is about falling on…

Crisis? Or Confidence!

And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people … and have heard their cry … I know their sorrows. So I have come down to…

The Master Gardener

Thus, it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam [Jesus] became a life-giving spirit. —1 Corinthians 15:45 ESV The backyard of our military duplex…

The Prayer Nudge

Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. —Ephesians 6:18 NLT It happened to me…

When Prayer Is Work

Then he returned to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, ”Couldn’t you watch with me even one hour? Keep watch and pray, so that you will…

He Has Set His Love on Me

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me,…