I am having a conversation with God. It's one of those one-way conversations, with me talking talking talking. I am also reading a book. A chapter about silence. I have stolen a few minutes at the end of the work day to indulge in this little luxury of reading beneath the colossal oak tree …
Aligning Talents with Dreams: God’s in Charge
Dreams. Tricky, right? How do I know if my dream is from God? What if I’m making this up in my head? What if I step out there and fail? What’s the big deal about dreams, anyway? Here’s what I’m thinking these days... This week, at The High Calling, we're talking about Aligning Talents with …
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Give Me Grace
I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. — Romans 8:39, MSG ::: Happily linking up today …
Instead
Last week, I went to Dallas, where I met with some of The High Calling team. I stayed in a swanky hotel and ate delicious food, and I sat on the rooftop near a pool. We had a good time, and we accomplished important work. Later that week, I went to a different hotel to meet with a different …
For When We Want to Acronym-ize the World
...Then, in my head, I started doing the whole pharisee thing. Remember that story? The one where the pharisee and the tax collector went to pray and the pharisee got all high and mighty, saying, "Thank you, God, for not making me like him," (meaning, of course, like the tax collector). I sat there …
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Reclaiming Sabbath Keeping
When I was ten years old, my family moved into a neighborhood with a Jewish synagogue two blocks from our house. Each week, on Saturday, our streets filled with cars and those cars carried faithful, orthodox Jewish worshipers who drove to our neighborhood so they could walk to worship. It was …