When Your Soul Longs for Stillness
Multicolored banks of feathery astilbe invite me to be still. To stand and savor. To know that their Creator and mine—the Calmer of chaos and Maker of beauty—is God. And…
When God Loves You First for the Millionth Time
These weeks I’ve been sitting with the crowd at Jesus’ feet when his mother and brothers come to find him, thinking he is crazy (Mark 3:20-21, 31-35). I’ve been surprised…
When God Commits to Bless You
I’ve long known that God is a blessing God. The very first act God performs after shaping man and woman and breathing into them the breath of life is to…