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• A Thin Place: Παῦλος, The Least of Apostles, writes a final note to Ἰωάννης – The Beloved Disciple May 26, 2026 “It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He…
• Forgiven, Restored, Accepted. Jun 2, 2022 It is written that we shall “stand before” Him, shall appear, shall be inspected. The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that…
• Impossible Love Aug 17, 2019 Let Love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor… ~ Paul, The Least of The Apostles, in Romans 12…
• Eternity in A Song Feb 5, 2019 Earth breaks up, time drops away,In flows heaven, with its new day.~Robert Browning (1812-1889) After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to…
• Ad Ora with Love Himself Jan 2, 2019 On a dark night, Inflamed by love-longing – O exquisite risk! – Undetected I slipped away. My house, at last, grown still. Secure in the darkness, I climbed the secret ladder in disguise – O exquisite…
• Love-Driven Facts May 1, 2018 You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired…
• A Love Grown Large to Heal The Evil Within Oct 25, 2017 I think one may be quite rid of the old haunting suspicion—which raises its head in every temptation—that there is something else than God—some other country . . . into which He forbids us to trespass—some…
• Living in Our Caricature World Oct 8, 2017 The proud sin greatly who, after studying secular literature and having turned to the Holy Scriptures, consider all that they say to be the Law of God, and do not endeavour to come to know the…
• Breakthroughs Into Eternal Spaces Jun 22, 2017 Just as people do not enter a war in order to enjoy war, but in order to be saved from war, so we do not enter this world in order to enjoy this world, but in…
• Living Beyond Fear May 20, 2017 What would you do if you had no fear? What would your life be like if you had no fear? What would you attempt for God if you knew you couldn’t fail? What would you plan…
• The Lies of Reputation Feb 20, 2017 Reputation is what men and women think of us. Character is what God and the angels know of us. ~Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints…
• The Almighty’s Prize: You Feb 9, 2017 Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection. Success, popularity, and power can indeed present a great temptation, but their seductive…
• Resolved: To Live in Love Dec 10, 2016 I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out of which to make anything; God is all in all, and he made us…
• Obedience: The Long Walk Home Dec 6, 2016 And yet I decide, every day, to set aside what I can do best and attempt what I do very clumsily–open myself to the frustrations and failures of loving, daring to believe that failing in love…
• The Humiliation of Acceptance Nov 6, 2016 What a weak comfort is the praise of men. Upon such a frail ledge do we mortals build our happiness. ~ Francis Frangipane Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has…
• Understanding Our Confession of The Trinity Oct 9, 2016 In Christianity God is not a static thing—not even a person—but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost, if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance. The union…
• The Failed Power of Reason Sep 20, 2016 Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other.~Martin Luther, 1483-1546 There shall come forth a Shoot from the stump of Jesse, and…
• The Reckless, Raging, Impatience of G_d Sep 12, 2016 First, if we continue to picture God as a small-minded bookkeeper, a niggling customs officer rifling through our moral suitcase, as a policeman with a club who is going to bat us over the head every…
• The Beautiful Collision of Our Heart with G_d’s Aug 14, 2016 Can we see it? As our heart merges with the character He is inscribing on us and within us… This is the process of sanctification. For, as character and heart merge, we cement our destiny –…
• Learning to Live in A Post-War Space Aug 10, 2016 The engaged mind, illuminated by truth, awakens awareness; the engaged heart, affected by love, awakens passion. May I say once more – this essential energy of the soul is not an ecstatic trance, high emotion or…
• Loved from Forever Jul 31, 2016 God is love and God is sovereign. His love disposes him to desire our everlasting welfare, and his sovereignty enables him to secure it. ~ A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) This fool of a writer thought he…
• Living Large Jul 13, 2016 Here, monks, a disciple dwells pervading one direction with his heart filled with loving-kindness, likewise the second, the third, and the fourth direction; so above, below and around; he dwells pervading the entire world everywhere and…
• Part 2 of 2: Time to Let Go: Awakening Jul 3, 2016 Do you want to be filled with a Spirit who, though he is like Jesus in his gentleness and love, will nevertheless demand to be Lord of your life? Are you willing to let your personality…
• Resting, Loving And Living: The Simplicity of The Gospel Jun 3, 2016 The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of…
• Every Hair on Our Head Apr 24, 2016 We contradict the Lord to his face when we say: It is hard, it is difficult; we cannot, we are men; we are encompassed with fragile flesh. O blind madness! O unholy audacity! We charge the…
• He Finds Us Lovely Feb 14, 2016 As for that which is beyond your strength, be absolutely certain that our Lord loves you, devotedly and individually, loves you just as you are…. Accustom yourself to the wonderful thought that God loves you with…
• Grace upon Grace: The Astounding Power of G_d to Save Dec 2, 2015 The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of…
• The Light Is On – Do We Know We Are Home? Nov 17, 2015 Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.~Brennan Manning So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For…
• Wholeness: When Form And Function Combine Nov 10, 2015 matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he…
• Wanting It All for The Right Reasons Nov 3, 2015 Insecurity not only paralyzes our relationship with the living God but has a devastating effect on interpersonal relationships. It is the starting point of all social estrangement. It breaks down openness, which is the bridge to…
• Magnificent Drumbeat – Learning to Live Loved All The Time Oct 22, 2015 Our resistance to the furious love of God may be traced to the church, our parents and pastors, and life itself. They have hidden the face of a compassionate God, we protest, and favored a God…
• The Heartbreaking Heart of The Savior Aug 27, 2015 You fathom the depth of My own heart only to the extent that your heart is broken and your inmost consciousness torn asunder by the pain of grief.~Frances J. Roberts Hear the word of the Lord,…
• Eternally Adored Jul 28, 2015 Nothing lasts here. Storms come, people die, hearts break and sin abounds. And two weeks (or two years) is not enough to kill the pain. Nothing is able to meet our heart’s most desperate desire for…
• Loved And Lovable Jun 23, 2015 Love is a believing creature.~OvidYou’re so beautiful, my darling, so beautiful, and your dove eyes are veiled by your hair as it flows and shimmers, like a flock of goats in the distance streaming down a…
• Last Entry from Indonesia: Where Three Years Can Lead Jun 14, 2015 In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a…
• Fathers Feel Things Too Apr 7, 2015 For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love of Jesus Christ knows no shadow of alteration or change. When…
• Love And Our Needs Mar 17, 2015 We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own…
• Victory in The Dwelling Place Feb 16, 2015 Lord, what a change within us one short hour spent in thy presence will Avail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosoms take! What parched grounds refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all…
• Escaping The Dragon’s Lair Feb 11, 2015 Then the lion said — but I don’t know if it spoke — You will have to let me undress you. I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly…
• Faith Requires Disbelief Feb 5, 2015 We need to fearlessly step out and activate His promises. It is intimacy that gives us the grace and strength we need to push through suffering, pain, and inconvenience.~Heidi Baker My son, do not forget my…
• Joy and Strength in His Steadfast Love Jan 18, 2015 Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or on earth…. A lover flies, runs, rejoices…. Love often knows no limits but is fervent…
• Learning to Be Loved Jan 18, 2015 God completely understands every struggle that you have, and every weakness that you fear about yourself. In His great love for you He has set aside a place in His Beloved for you to enjoy and…
• An Extravagant Paradigm Nov 4, 2014 We can now hear the voice of the One who tore His very Triune Self apart that we might have ears to hear. And this same One has knit us to His very heart with the…
• The Self Righteousness of Perfectionism Oct 22, 2014 He had no qualms; “for”, said he, “when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, ‘I am used to doing so; I shall never do otherwise if I am left to myself’. If…
• His Pleasure in Us Sep 11, 2014 I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure. ~Eric LiddellAfter this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And…
• What The Church is Not Aug 10, 2014 Persecution has not crushed the church; power has not beaten it back; time has not abated its forces; and what is most wonderful of all, the abuses of its friends have not shaken its stability.~Horace Bushnell…
• Prime Directive Jun 13, 2014 When you live above fear, it becomes a weapon in your hand and you drive it into the heart of your enemy.~ Graham CookeBy this we know that we abide in Him and He in us,…
• What if You Had No “Why?” May 22, 2014 Shall we think that with our tiny brains we can unravel the mysteries of Him who made the whole vast cosmos? He who causes things to be must smile in great pity when He hears men…
• The Idolatry of Everything Apr 2, 2014 Whenever we take what God has done and put it in the place of himself, we become idolators.~Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not…
• Our Awkwardness in Intimacy with God Mar 2, 2014 No distant Lord have I, Loving afar to be;Made flesh for me, he cannot restUntil he rests in me.Brother in joy and pain,Bone of my bone was he,Now—intimacy closer still,He dwells himself in me.~Maltbie D. Babcock…
• Giving Heaven And Earth for Love Feb 25, 2014 I have always been filled with the fires of the love of a God not old, and now to this has been joined the passion of the love of a young man. That love, dear earth,…
• Immeasurable Mercy Feb 13, 2014 It is certain that of all those present at the meal, the one who most honors the Lord is Mary Magdalene, who is so persuaded of the infinite mercy of God that all her sins appear…
• Adding Value to The Infinite? Oct 23, 2013 You asked for a loving God; you have one. The great spirit you so lightly invoked, the “lord of terrible aspect,” is present; not a senile benevolence that drowsily wishes you to be happy in your…
• Going Over The Edge Oct 20, 2013 From a writer who simply told G_d: “Just do whatever you gotta do.”Simply having good theology, without willingness to obey, is like putting a case of oil in the trunk of our car and calling it…
• Priests of The New Day Jul 3, 2013 A re-post on the position of the believer… The author of this blog is on a short break…The priest is not made. He must be born a priest; must inherit his office. I refer to the…
• Edgeless Wonder Apr 15, 2013 To Love recklessly right up to the edge of pain, and then to find that there is no pain – only more Love to be found along an ever-growing frontier… this is Love.Greater love has no…
• The Real You Mar 7, 2013 A Re-post on Love…Agape love is… profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.~Madeleine L’Engle (1918- ) Love never…
• Relentless Love Feb 14, 2012 When all thy mercies, O my God,My rising soul surveys,Transported with the view, I’m lostIn wonder, love, and praise.~Joseph Addison (1672-1719) You are all fair, my love, And there is no spot in you. Come with…
• Needless Desire Jul 16, 2011 Only God can meet our deepest need because only God has no need Himself. And as we more fully understand that God needs nothing, perhaps we as his children can more fully know the depths of…
• A Call to Arise! Apr 25, 2011 C. H. Spurgeon was to nineteenth-century England what D. L Moody was to America. Although Spurgeon never attended theological school, by the age of twenty-one he was the most popular preacher in London. And quite simply,…

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