The Three Terrors of the Spiritual Desert Since childhood, I’ve feared the proverbial spiritual “desert times” of life. They seemed an inevitable rite of passage that brought suffering and a sense of separation from God. Even real deserts aren’t appealing: they are lonely, hot, devoid of entertainment, and are home to lots of dangerous animals. […]
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Last night, I woke from deep sleep, Forgetting where I was. This isn’t that unusual. The light plays tricks on the eyes at times Shadows mixing with distant memories And I misplace myself in my childhood home Or a place I recently visited to get away from it all. But this time was different. “Bedroom,”
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” What is your relationship with this “Word”? Is it one of law-abiding compliance or spirit-filled liberty? Do you allow the Word to enter into you, set up camp, and rearrange the furniture as He sees fits, or do
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“Be still and know that I am God.” Words spoken amidst war, terror, and fear. Be still, God calls to us in the midst of chaos. Be still, and know the heart of all that is, was, and ever shall be. Know and be held by the creator and defender of all that is good. Rest in what is
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Free will is one of the most hotly debated topics in philosophy. Being the nerd that I am, I have read a decent amount of that philosophy and found the arguments for free will to be lacking. However, as Shakespeare so beautifully wrote, “there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of
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Childhood Poets My oldest son enjoys writing poetry. Perhaps I’m biased, but I think he’s quite skilled. Some of his poems miss the mark, but some are objectively quite good. Age It may be a number but actually it is a blank page on which to orchestrate your purpose. Turtle Turtle looks from its shell-covered
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The Stranger One of my favorite childhood memories is hearing my dad whistling (slightly off-key) the intro to Billy Joel’s “The Stranger”. Something in me understood the lyrics to this song even as a young child. Yet, as an adult, I prefer another term for it: “the shadow”. We all have parts of ourselves that
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Follow Thee More Nearly My mom LOVES Godspell. I thought I would like it–after all, I loved the song “Day By Day”. Then I watched part of the musical. Maybe I was just born in the wrong decade, but I couldn’t get into it. Yet, despite wondering why frolicking in the Central Park fountain is
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God and Prayer How often have you prayed and received nothing but silence on the other end? Often we give up on God, falsely believing that we are too small and insignificant to matter to the creator of the universe. On the contrary, God hears and responds to every one of our prayers. However, he
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I’m an engineer by training, a math teacher by trade…I like certainty. It just feels better when life makes sense. When A causes B, which causes C. When I can see and feel God’s hand on my life. But this week, that just isn’t the case. I’m in the early stages of writing my second
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