If you’ve poked around my website much, you know that I place a high value on knowing God through the experience of being known by him. My last two posts about Nathanael have as their take away the reality – the TRUTH! – of our being able to be seen and known and loved by Jesus. The opening lines […]
You are Seen. You are Known. You are Loved.
Being Seen, Being Known Few things matter to us like being seen, and being known. The elemental questions of our heart all echo these desires, as do the elemental fears. Nathanael is a man who knows what this means. Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is […]
What Possible Good Could Ever Come From This Thing In My Life?
There was this moment in which all my fears twisted into something tighter and heavier than I could hold. David and I had just collapsed into bed after an exhausting night of packing, and our conversation tipped into all of the Unknowns. Less than two weeks away from filling our moving truck, we were about to make the scariest change […]
Ashes, Ashes, Body and Blood
The ashes in my mouth taste like talc and powder. I swallow, move the tongue, wipe between teeth. It’s always like this, always a material experience that solidifies the visceral into something I understand. It’s candles to facilitate prayer, it’s arms raised to worship, it’s dancing on a cliff’s ledge to break before the Spirit. It’s […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:43-45 (Witnesses of Jesus)
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and sad to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth!” (John […]
Wednesdays in the Word: John 1:43b (Jesus Found)
Jesus decided to go to Galilee. Upon arriving: He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” (vs. 43) This word found is active voice in Greek – it is an active finding rather than a passive, meaning Jesus didn’t stumble upon Philip out of the blue, but instead actively sought him out. Jesus looked […]
Wednesdays In The Word: John 1:43a (Jesus Decided)
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “follow me.” John 1:43 Jesus decided. These two words catch me, because after the Baptism in the Jordan, Luke says Jesus was “full of the Holy Spirit;” Mark describes Him as “driven by the Holy Spirit;” and Matthew writes that he is […]
But God
Why should I fear in times of trouble? Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life. For the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice that he should live for the eternity of eternities and never see the grave. BUT GOD. But God will ransom […]
Thanksgiving
A passage from the book of Deuteronomy (see bottom of post) percolates in my mind as I prepare today for our Thanksgiving Feast. Buying the “grain and wine and oil and ‘whatever our appetite craves’” is an audacious gesture of faith for my family; it’s a pledge, a tithe, an indulgent statement of trust saying, “You […]
You Are Not Alone (survivor songs #34 – final post!)
And we’re done. The inadequacy I felt as I faced the task of writing this series has been – well, not replaced exactly, but joined by a sense of tear-springing surprise. “Who am I?” was the question hanging over my heart as I first put my fingers to the keys. What grief have I known that could qualify me […]
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