A Place for Grace

A Place for Grace

‘… in the land that is plentiful, where your streams of abundance flow… when the sun’s shining down on me, when the world’s ‘all that it should be’… These words, found in Matt Redman’s worship song, ‘Blessed Be Your Name,’ lilt off our tongues with such ease, such...
Which way is up?

Which way is up?

It’s been said that experience is the best teacher. A co-worker once remarked with jaundiced signature, “It should be! It costs plenty!” I agree that the learning from some of life’s lessons has a hefty, by times painful, by times humbling, ‘price tag’ attached. One...
Graduate Training

Graduate Training

A few sunny days ago, my typically leisurely homeward-bound commute was extended by a traffic slowdown on the highway. As all three lanes slowed to about 20 mph, then to stop-and-go, it became evident that there had been an accident. Rather than get impatient with...
Wonky Wonderful

Wonky Wonderful

Still lingering in my mind’s eye are the dozen or more wildly exotic cactus varieties that I wandered among on the campus of the retreat center last week while in Arizona. Coming from the wet and humid East Coast, these plants populating the sandy earth looked to me...
All packed up and ready to go

All packed up and ready to go

Let the overflow of your grace-giftings splatter onto those nearest your hearts, those on the fringes of your hearts, as well as on those currently not at all on your hearts. Be liberal in sharing this new thing your lives have become, are becoming. Openly express...