“and wherever you go, there you are.”

April 6, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Here’s the longer quote from Thomas á Kempis: “No one feels in his heart what Christ felt in his Passion, except the person who suffers as he did. So, the cross is always ready and waits for you everywhere. You cannot escape it no matter where you run, for wherever you go, you are burdened […]

The Power of Wise Counsel

February 4, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

What do you do when you rant? Most people just let it rip. But, that is not my style…usually.

Lent 2019 | Day 11: The Difficulty of Obedience

March 19, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The great difficulty about obedience is that it is runs counter to our instincts to do what we think is best.

The Pastor’s Greatest Enemy

October 16, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

It was one of the most pronounced encounters with the Holy Spirit of my life because I knew that I had crossed a line in my relationship with God.

Confessions of a Functional Deist

October 10, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Sometimes we assume too much about how far we have traveled down the road of spiritual maturity.

Is God’s Word Enough For You?

January 18, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

This morning I witnessed something very interesting. My father, who is also the pastor of my church, read the letter to the Colossians. That’s it. He said a few words before and a few words after, but the whole of the message was the simple reading of the letter. As I watched the reactions of […]