The words were just a passing line, an impromptu cue from my yoga teacher, but they clanged and reverberated in my mind. I shifted into autopilot, moving through the forms. For the rest of the hour, as my body moved, my mind couldn’t stop turning these words over and over. “Do not lust for results.”
For when God seems absent (which feels like most of the time).
There’s a problem many modern Christians have when they read scripture. Every part of the Bible was written in a culture and time when everyone knew that everything happened because God willed it thus. Good things were God’s blessing. Bad things were God’s punishment. When everything from the weather to invasion is seen as the […]
Maybe you need to steward your attention?
This summer, my family took a week-long vacation to Central Oregon. One kid is in college. The other will graduate from high school next year. We are acutely feeling the transition that comes as our children become adults. This may be our last family vacation like this. So, we wanted to cram in as much […]
Is Shame Keeping us from Following Jesus?
Jesus washing the disciples’ feet in the Upper Room is a scene familiar to most of us. He stands up from the dinner table. He removes his outer robe and wraps himself in a towel, the garb of a house slave. He picks up a pitcher of water and moves toward his friends to do […]
What do you mean, “God’s ways are higher?”
Bad things happen. When they do, not only is it painful, often it’s also confusing. Questions nag. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? The questions become more pointed for those who believe God intervenes on behalf of good people. In fact, the more a person believes that God controls every single aspect of existence, […]