Sacred Meditations

The Lie That One Stumble Loses the War

The Lie That One Stumble Loses the War

Have you ever watched a child learning to walk? There is a moment, usually around the end of the first year, when a baby pulls herself up on the edge...

The Lie That One Stumble Loses the War

Have you ever watched a child learning to walk? There is a moment, usually around the end of the first year, when a baby pulls herself up on the edge...

When we Pray for Physical Healing

When we Pray for Physical Healing

Have you ever prayed for healing? Most of us have. If not for ourselves, certainly for others. Whenever I'm in a gathering of Christians, and someone is taking "prayer requests"...

When we Pray for Physical Healing

Have you ever prayed for healing? Most of us have. If not for ourselves, certainly for others. Whenever I'm in a gathering of Christians, and someone is taking "prayer requests"...

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Gossip?

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Go...

You’re at lunch with a friend. The conversation is warm, easy, full of laughter. Then your friend lowers her voice and says, “I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but...” and...

Disciplining the Ear: Why Do we Like Hearing Go...

You’re at lunch with a friend. The conversation is warm, easy, full of laughter. Then your friend lowers her voice and says, “I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but...” and...

Is there a Christian Culture?

Is there a Christian Culture?

Have you ever walked into a church in a foreign country? Maybe you were traveling and stumbled upon a Sunday service in a language you couldn’t speak. The hymns were...

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Is there a Christian Culture?

Have you ever walked into a church in a foreign country? Maybe you were traveling and stumbled upon a Sunday service in a language you couldn’t speak. The hymns were...

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The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

Have you ever solved a problem only to feel strangely unsettled by the solution? Maybe you finally landed the job that was supposed to end all your stress, only to...

The Dangerous Calm of an Uncontested Soul

Have you ever solved a problem only to feel strangely unsettled by the solution? Maybe you finally landed the job that was supposed to end all your stress, only to...

The Weight of What We Own

The Weight of What We Own

Have you ever noticed how moving to a new house reveals something uncomfortable about you? You stand in the garage, surrounded by towers of cardboard boxes, and you realize that...

The Weight of What We Own

Have you ever noticed how moving to a new house reveals something uncomfortable about you? You stand in the garage, surrounded by towers of cardboard boxes, and you realize that...