I ran across this question in some private devotional time this morning and posted it on my Facebook/Twitter feed. I got some comments, and then somebody asked me what I thought. This is what I wrote.
The Benefit of a Cloudy Monday
I love rain, but I hate cloudy days. Yet, God appeared in a cloud. Is that because God is made visible in the gray, when life is a headache? Maybe in our moments of discomfort, of uncertainty and doubt, of walking in the wilderness – that is when we see, when the God who is always near us is made visible, a shape rising in the opacity of our monochromatic situations.
Time is the Reel That Projects Our Life Story
If your life were suddenly a feature film, what story would it tell? Would it be a drama, a comedy? A dramedy? Would it be an inspirational underdog tale or a quiet character study? Would it be short and boring? Would it be, as Don Miller says, a movie about buying a Volvo?
The Story Book, Part One
Christian faith is faith in God and when the Christian Confession names God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, it is pointing to the fact that in His inner life and nature, God is not dead, not passive, not inactive, but that God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit exist in an inner relationship and movement, which may very well be described as a story. – Karl Barth
Highlight Reels
After it is lived, life gets stored in our mind as a series of film shorts, like clips to be replayed when the mood fits. What do you have planned in the days and weeks ahead that is highlight reel worthy?
5 Things On Afflictions and Addictions
Here are five things that occurred to me one morning earlier this week as I read of the man possessed with demons from Mark 5.
5 Things On Afflictions and Addictions
Here are five things that occurred to me one morning earlier this week as I read of the man possessed with demons from Mark 5.
5 Things on Journeys and New Beginnings
Abrams story in Genesis 12 has lots to say about life journeys, endings, and beginnings.
5 Things on Journeys and New Beginnings
Abrams story in Genesis 12 has lots to say about life journeys, endings, and beginnings.