A Little More to the Story

A Little More to the Story

From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life. Each of my books emphasizes prayer. Sometimes those prayers are just getting to the point. Other times, when we have no specific words to voice, lingering in God’s presence and...
More to the Story for Us

More to the Story for Us

From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life.  Bartimaeus lacked courtesy. Jesus, busy and in constant demand, stood in the middle of a large audience. He needed to leave that city and be about His Father’s...
A Story for Us

A Story for Us

From Chapter 23, “The Cry,” in the book Pause With Jesus: Encountering His Story in Everyday Life.  Jesus had just finished lecturing the disciples about the dangers of pride. Then He walked into a crowd. People pushed for a chance to see that Man whose reputation...
The Journey with Jesus (and People)

The Journey with Jesus (and People)

[12] When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. [13] Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali— [14] to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: [15] “Land...
As We Forgive Them 

As We Forgive Them 

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  In the prayer example Jesus offered, He included this as a request we should state:  “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”  Matthew 6:12  He...
Alone. Silent. In Awe.

Alone. Silent. In Awe.

From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. If you have lost the value of alone time, of prayer, of quiet time with God, of noisy songs of praise, of silent reverence, of desperate petitions, pray that your Leader will teach...
A Collection of Questions

A Collection of Questions

From various chapters in Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What about you? Do you feel like you don’t fit very well? Have you been wounded recently? Are there hurts from your past which seem to stay alive and breathing? Have you...
Celebrate

Celebrate

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  How can we leave a legacy which includes a few laughs? Well, let’s not force it or mimic how someone else does it. Let joy be an inner reality not like happiness coming from external...
grief

grief

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What situations have caused you grief? What is your initial response? If you often hold too tightly to those who have left, what do you think is the reason? What steps would you recommend to...
More to the Story for Us

Start Where You Are

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Our information is shelled with statistics. Our schedules are crammed with goals. Our meetings are overloaded with the pursuit. What if we stop the race, just for a moment? What if we cease...