I recently prayed with a person who felt lost. He was searching for God in his everyday life, and he was coming up empty. One relationship in particular was causing him a lot of pain and he longed to feel God’s reassuring presence. But try as he might, he couldn’t find God. As he…
A little more than 20 years ago, as I was considering quitting my job as an engineer to move overseas as a missionary, I desperately wanted to hear from…
My life has felt very full recently. I don’t just mean busy, but it has been that. I mean full in the sense of bursting with good things, with good…
As I sit in prayer with pastors, ministry leaders, and contemplatives trying to live their lives according to God’s will, there is one emotion that can…
It’s been a very busy start to the school year, and I’m grateful that I got to take a retreat recently. This retreat was short, but it was very restful…
It’s hard to love someone who hates you. It’s hard to serve someone who criticizes or rejects you. And yet, this is at the heart of what God calls each…
In my previous newsletter, I talked about the call I feel to self-ruin. One of the biggest challenges when we experience ruin is the strong impulse to…
This is part 1 of 2 in a two part series on the experience of self-ruin. The second post will come out next week. When I articulate my sense of call…
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