God. We think of you often as angry, and we want to think of you as loving. We think of you as loving, and we want to think of you as non-judgmental. We think of you as non-judgmental, and we want to think of you as, well, as shallowly nice. We read texts that talk […]

It’s time for this picture. I took this picture last fall when Nancy and I were visiting Whitefish Point on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Nancy has visited that area since she was little, we’ve gone with our kids occasionally, and now Nancy and I head north. Until this year, neither of us had visited the public […]

Psalm 131 is what we call “self-talk”. It is what we say to ourselves as we remind ourselves of what is important. And it is up to us to learn to quiet our hearts. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for […]

A few years ago, I wrote about developing some practical skills for learning to listen for God. Here’s one of those skills. 1. Learn to remove yourself from distractions as much as it is up to you. Jesus regularly went into the hills in order to talk with God. That practice may be worth developing. […]

Jesus had spent almost three years moving where he wanted to. He started in Galilee, several walking days away from Jerusalem, from the place of power. He traveled to Jerusalem once a year during those three years to worship at the Passover. But he also traveled away from Jerusalem. For a few months, he took […]