{Withness} 2025 Word

Day 2. 2025.Sometimes I think I have to figure out whatโ€™s next for my life in order to make it the best most meaningful life, and also the exact method for how to pull it off. Itโ€™s a dangerous, slippery slope riddled with anxious โ€˜what ifโ€™sโ€™. How about you? Do you ever find yourself here? … Continue reading {Withness} 2025 Word

He uniquely speaks

God speaks. God speaks to us. God speaks to us in ways He knows that we will understand, and will follow because He knows us intricately. God is our Creator, and He is the one who designed our communication system. And so, it only makes sense that different people hear Godโ€™s message for them through … Continue reading He uniquely speaks

Everyoneโ€ฆ

How many places do you frequent where EVERYONE is welcome? How often do you encounter the sense that EVERYONE has truly been invited? Is this statement in the Bible too good to be true? Paul, the Apostle, was the author of this letter to Roman Christians, and so it was Paul who penned these words, … Continue reading Everyoneโ€ฆ

Waiting is an Action Word

Did you know that waiting is an action word? You probably did, but until just recently, I did not. Iโ€™m running late to the party as usual! โ€œWait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!โ€โ€ญโ€ญPsalmโ€ฌ โ€ญ27โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ โ€ญESVโ€ฌโ€ฌ I thought waiting was equivalent to being stuck. Waiting, to … Continue reading Waiting is an Action Word

Leaningโ€ฆ

Iโ€™m not the only one who struggles with this puzzling scripture. I know Iโ€™m not.Struggling doesnโ€™t mean that I donโ€™t believe it. It just means that I struggle to understand what it really means. And I think you donโ€™t really know either. Probably, like me youโ€™ve asked for something and not received it. Maybe you … Continue reading Leaningโ€ฆ

Water for your ashes

It would be easy right now to succumb to the ugly, angry and violent images on screens everywhere spewing so much noise of impending doom and gloom. But I resist. I choose to turn away from screens to take in what is natural and created. Beauty is everywhere. The sounds of birds fill the air … Continue reading Water for your ashes

Jesus Likes Realists

โ€So then he told them plainly, โ€œLazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.โ€ Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, โ€œLet us also go, that we may die with him.โ€โ€œโ€ญโ€ญJohnโ€ฌ โ€ญ11โ€ฌ:โ€ญ14โ€ฌ-โ€ญ16โ€ฌ … Continue reading Jesus Likes Realists