2020-02-12 14:34
My latest devotional has been a long time coming! I began writing this blog over a decade ago, and it's finally been transformed into a book. Isn't the cover gorgeous?If you're looking for a… Read More
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Blog focusing on God's desire for consumation with us, and our desire for consumation with Him.
2019-12-20 23:28
2019-01-03 21:02
Dolce and I have always viewed and vowed that we are a cord of three; the two of us, and God.She has the kind of relationship where she's always talking with them. In and out of the day, as… Read More
2017-01-02 19:00
This week's gospel readings about John the Baptist have me wondering about something.Why was Jesus baptized?At the time, gentile converts to Judaism (called proselytes) were required to take… Read More
2016-03-25 13:31
"Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction." — A. W. Tozer Read More
2015-04-03 17:38
On Wednesday of this most holy week, I was asked to give the homily for an evening prayer service. It was my first time in the role. Here is what I offered, complete with opening and closing… Read More
2015-02-11 20:27
2015-02-11 20:27
Here's a provocative article which is very worth viewing.http://www.patheos.com/blogs/inebriateme/2015/02/the-sexual-reaction/ Read More
2014-07-09 15:00
For Dolce.A heaven in a gaze,A heaven of heavens, the privilegeof one another's eyes.From: T'was a Long Parting, but the Time by Emily Dickinson Read More
2014-04-21 14:19
The state between wakefulness and sleep is fecund; dark and loamy. Behind closed eyelids visions blossom, growing the way chrysanthemum fireworks pulse out from a central point into fullness… Read More
2014-04-17 16:00
"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also, I think, the miracle that we r… Read More
2014-04-09 21:12
"Concepts create idols, only wonder grasps anything." — Gregory of Nyssa Read More
2014-04-06 20:38
Today's Old Testament passage comes from chapter 37 of Ezekiel. It is the story of the dry bones. (Click this link if you'd like to read it.)Here's the Reader's Digest version: a prophet pee… Read More
2013-03-30 20:51
Good Friday services are quiet and dark, no matter the lighting. To fit the mood, last night's music included old pieces which I imagined being sung by medieval voices within echoing stone w… Read More
2013-03-24 22:01
http://www.mikeydelamonde.com/default.aspx?date=7/25/2006At today's vestry meeting we pondered the idea of being salt and light. This time, I read a particular phrase differently than I had… Read More
2013-02-11 17:41
Then Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Matthew 17:4) I heard this pas… Read More
2013-01-07 18:23
This passage comes from Mary Ann Shaffer's The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Does it ever give thee pause, that men used to have a soul--not by hearsay alone, or as a figur… Read More
2013-01-02 19:00
This week's gospel readings about John the Baptist have me wondering about something.Why was Jesus baptized?At the time, gentile converts to Judaism (called proselytes) were required to take… Read More
2012-11-07 22:35
I was recently asked to give the "Stewardship Minute" on rejoicing at the conclusion of my church's stewardship campaign.Click here to listen to the audio Read More
2012-10-20 18:40
I am re-posting the following, which I wrote last week on the Marriage Revolution blog. I'm hoping for some discussion! Please comment.While reading through some of the laws in Leviticus and… Read More
2012-10-04 21:06
I attended a Worship Committee meeting at church recently, and have been pondering ever since. One of the foundational questions had to do with whether we are providing a "transformational e… Read More
2012-09-20 18:14
Hans Urs von Balthasar on chastity, from the book Elucidations:Christian sexual ethics is best advised to keep to the quite simple outline of the New Testament. For this is as unchangeable a… Read More
2012-07-29 22:30
I've heard this song a hundred times but never actually listened to the lyrics.Turns out they are right up my alley.HallelujaI've heard there was a secret chordThat David played, and it plea… Read More
2012-06-21 16:11
Marriages are imploding all around me. In some cases I could see it coming for years ahead of time. In a few cases, it has been a surprise.Simultaneously, the airways are filled with chatter… Read More
2012-06-11 00:17
I've been thinking about premarital sex.A friend recently confessed that she has been struggling with the idea of it's sinfulness. She's been beating up on herself for a number of things, fo… Read More
2012-04-16 15:38
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. --Ralph Waldo Emerson Read More
2012-02-10 00:07
RiskAnd then the day came,when the riskto remain tightin a budwas more painfulthan the riskit tookto Blossom.--Anaïs Nin Read More
2012-02-02 16:54
Since He hath looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it.-- Samuel Rutherford Read More
2012-02-01 00:26
And the Word WAS God.Koine Greek Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγο… Read More
2012-01-25 18:31
I've been wondering about being the temple of the Holy Spirit.It's been a topic of interest for a long time, coming at me from all sorts of perspectives. I contemplate what it means in relat… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
2006-06-07 11:16
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