Well, the summer is as good as over – school is starting back up, vacations are wrapped up, and it’s time to get back into the rhythms of the “normal”.
How does this transition of seasons sit with you? Are you refreshed? Excited? Nervous? Anxious?
Read MoreIn my last post, I proposed a challenge that essentially suggested we pay less attention to the news (man-made stories) and instead spent a bit more time focusing on the rhythms of nature (God-made stories).
How’d that go for you? Did you manage to make it the entire week? (It’s not too late to take the challenge, by the way; there’s no “late penalty” for this one…)
I know for me personally, I was able to greatly reduce my news intake on a daily basis, and instead spent a little more time connecting with God through prayer, Bible time, and just being outside.
Read More“You shall have no other Gods before me.”
When I hear this first commandment, something in me is stirred; a stirring that speaks of something magnificent and weighty in its simplicity.
Something that says that if we could get that first commandment right, we might not need the other nine.
Read MoreThe other morning was a dark one for me.
I didn’t have any particular reason for finding myself in the state of mind I was in, but I noticed it begin to overpower me as I drove in to work; the closer I got, the more I found myself filling up with a dark and dangerous anger.
I’m aware that anger grows from seeds that are real, but it tends to grow in a manner that is completely aggrandizing and often disproportionate to reality.
And that anger, when left unchecked, can lead to some very dark places.
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