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I write on all sorts of topics such as Celebration & Wonder, Community & Discipleship, Intimacy with Christ, and Redemption & Grace. I share my random thoughts in Miscellaneous Musings.
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Timeless or Trendy?
As a writer, I am continuously bombarded, or rather stampeded, by the nagging voice from without and within. "Build your email list!" it says, "Build your email list!" This voice is like standing at the base of Kilimanjaro, with only 3 steps behind me and a million...
Busy Times Remedy (Rest, Thanksgiving, and Diligence)
Someone just asked me how I am navigating such a busy season in life. When they asked, the question lodged into me, like an arrow hitting it's mark. How am I navigating this season without losing my sanity? In a week and a half, I have a kid getting married (to a...
The Often-Overlooked Sadducees
It intrigues me, how the Bible talks of two groups of people who were the religious zealots of Christ's day, but we usually only focus on one. The Pharisees. How few of us ever even consider the Sadducees? I know I am guilty of such an overlook. Recently it...
Romans 8:31-the end (Overwhelming Conquerers)
"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one...
Romans 8:26-30
"In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for...
Romans 8:18-25 (Groaning Creation and a God Who Draws Us Near)
Perhaps the groaning can be beneficial, and all this suffering is meant to prod us towards His abundant grace!
How to Acquire Power, Love and Self-control (Romans 8:15 and 2 Timothy 1:7)
Fighting my way through the sludge of distraction and discouragement, I found my way to the rocking chair with the small, round table set before it... a place of invitation for me. A place to sit, be still, gaze at the mammoth snowflakes adorning the forest outside...
Romans 8:12-17 (Ditching Slavery)
"So, then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh- for if you are living according to the flesh you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being led by...
Romans 8:1-11 (No Condemnation)
I spent almost the first half of my life believing the exact opposite of Romans 8:1-11. This sacred chapter opens with "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." I couldn't even get past the first line. This was incomprehensible to...
A Preface to My Musings on Romans 8
A friend invited a few of us along to sojourn through Romans 8 during the month of January, encouraging us to write about it for the purpose of memorizing it, growing through it, and encouraging others to memorize and grow from it. I am extending my hand to you,...
God’s Household
Paul has been reminding us for the past couple-thousand years of how the Lord takes divided people and weaves us into one Body, His Church. He uses the term "the household of God" to describe us in the final verses of Ephesians 2, and it is His description of that...
My Favorite Color
I sat across the table from a friend who was both rejoicing and grieving, as only a Christian can do. She had brought me a gift, a Christmas present, to commemorate our meal and our friendship. I reached into the bag, pulling out a beautiful mug. On it, surrounded...