Escaping Escape-Hatch Thinking
God speaks to us unceasingly through the events of our life, through the firmness with which he negates our petty human ordering of it, through the regularity with which …
Category: Stress
Stack Overflow Stress: A Re-post on Change Management
To lie down in the time of grief, to be quiet under the stroke of adverse fortune, implies a great strength. But I know of something that implies a …
Vicious Providence
True triumphs are God’s triumphs over us. His defeats of us are our real victories.~Henry Alford (1810-1871) Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said …
Breathable Atmosphere
A re-post on culture stressFaith does not struggle; faith lets God do it all.~ Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every …
Like A Bullet Into Molasses
A re-post as this writer enters his third culture in just over three years.The immutability of God appears in its most perfect beauty when viewed against the mutability of …
Traction, And The Illusion of Control
The life you live can outlive you. What matters in life is not what you accomplish or accumulate but rather what remains for all of time. Today, you may …
Going to Ground
Do we feel dry, weary, filled with a sense of failure? In the twinkle of an eye we can relate our mood to Jesus Who one day felt the …
Wobbly-Hearted Courage
Hold my faith for me! I cannot grasp it right now!~ An African mother in travail of childbirth, to her attendants. The disciples of John reported all these things …
