Lord, you light my lamp;my God illuminates my darkness.With you I can attack a barricade,and with my God I can leap over a wall.God—his way is perfect;the word of the Lord is pure.He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. Psalm 18:28-30; 2 Samuel 22:29-31 Introduction I love this image of David running towards…
“This hunger for something radical—something so true that it burned in his bones—was a constant in Eugene’s life. His longing for God ignited a ferocity in his soul.” Winn Collier, A Burning In My Bones I just finished reading a biography of Eugene Peterson, A Burning In My Bones, written by Winn Collier. The quote…
Yesterday, I read a book by J.I. Packer, entitled Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with Our Aging. It was a concise book and convicting. Packer’s main point was that as we grow old, we must continue growing, learning, and ministering, living in the present, not getting lost in the nostalgic…
“Stories are often wrongly regarded as a poor person’s substitute for the ‘real thing’, which is to be found either in some abstract truth or in statements about ‘bare facts’. … Stories are a basic constituent of human life; they are, in fact, one key element within the total construction of a worldview…. Tell someone to…
Mid-May Reflection! These are the days of … ** Walking through the springtime beauty of local nature centers Watching 4 year old grandsons discover the joy of swimming Enjoying guests at our dinner table … pre-pandemic style! Wrapping up the school year with my tutoring kids Planning, anticipating our anniversary get-away at the end of this…
I read this question today in Run With the Horses by Eugene Peterson, “How can people who are conditioned to a life of distraction and indulgence be moved to live at their best, to be artists of the everyday, to plunge into life and not loiter on the fringe?” Peterson elaborates on the story in…