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something worth waiting for

Posted on April 12, 2006 | Filed Under spirituality 

We are impatient people. We are used to solving problems, not living with them. If we can’t solve the problem, we move on to something else. If we can’t “fix” the relationship, we move on to someone else.

But sometimes, things take time. Things like raising children, building character, growing faith, building trust. Sometimes, you have to wait to see how things turn out. Sometimes, in the long run, you see that all the pain and hard work and frustration and seeming failure were worth it after all.

And that’s just from our limited perspective! But what about God’s perspective? We fret …

a road in the wilderness

Posted on December 3, 2005 | Filed Under spirituality, the natural world 

Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord!
Clear the way in the desert for our God!

The Lord comes from the wilderness. God comes to us out of the desert … not from the midst of our cities and towns. God is not domesticated, but wild! The Lord is not confined to or defined by our religious edifices and symbols.

We would do well to get ourselves into the desert, to follow a road into the wilderness, to meet the Lord there. It is not that God is not present in our cities, in our houses, in our schools, in our …

who am I?

Posted on July 2, 2005 | Filed Under spirituality 

Who am I?

I may spend an inordinate amount of time and energy and worry trying to “make a name” for myself … when I already have a name. God has given me my name: my name is “child of God!” I am a human being, made in God’s own image, and my highest calling, indeed my only calling, is to reflect that image as best I can.

We need to remember our true names! We need to remember the true name God has given to each person we encounter. It is only when we forget that we lose ourselves in depair …

about a comma theology

Posted on June 11, 2005 | Filed Under spirituality, ucc 

“Never place a period where God has placed a comma.” But that is not to say that God ONLY uses commas …

first words

Posted on May 7, 2005 | Filed Under general, spirituality 

I’m a believer. Of all the things that define who I am, this comes first.

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