Hospitality Part II.
When I think of the stranger, someone who is different from me, it opens so many doors: the young, the handicapped, the very poor, the immigrant, one of the 400 ...
Hospitality Part I.
How do you feel when a surprise visitor turns up? Free pexels photo by RDNE Long ago, when my husband was looking to practice with other ...
Blessed Self Forgetfulness Part II.
Last week I was rereading C. S. Lewis's Screwtape Letters. Keller often said Lewis and Jonathan Edwards were his mentors. When I came across this, I realized this is where ...
Blessed Self-Forgetfulness Part 1.
I have a nephew that's book became the Netflix movie: Leave No Trace. I find that the dialogue in his books so realistic, so I asked Peter: "What's your secret ...
Peace – Overcoming Anxiety Part II.
I didn't e xpect to be so impacted by the Charlie Kirk memorial, but I was. The gospel given so clearly over and over and over. Glenn Scrivener did a ...
Peace – Overcoming Anxiety: Part I.
Tim Keller's sermons have impacted millions, including many of us. I'm going to do a series of his most popular sermons, but because this is such rich meat, I'll often ...
BEHOLDING THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT
It is a dark time in our country, with violence escalating. The killing of Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband, the stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on public transportation, ...
BLESS
EVANGELISM IS KEY TO LIVING THE GOOD LIFE. JESUS PUT IT LIKE THIS IN MARK 8:35 (TLB) If you insist on saving your life, you will lose it. Only those ...
Don’t Cling to Your Life
unsplash photo by Jose Jimenez Alonso I cannot stop thinking about the verse below. I knew Jesus told us not to cling to our lives, but ...
Why Only Some Christians Have The Abundant Life
At the end of this week, I will tell you what happened when I spoke last Tuesday to 200+ International students through the ministry of Bridges. You were a big ...
What Blocks “The Good Life?”
While waiting on the sidelines for my turn to play pickleball, a woman piped up: “Dee, you’ve lost a ton of weight. How did you do it?” My first reaction ...
Taste and See
In Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon, A Divine and Supernatural Light, he said: The difference between a nominal Christian and a true child of God is that they have tasted the ...
What our Prayers Reveal about our Affections
Free unsplash photo by Cody Otto Jesus said: "Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." One of the reasons Maggie's prayer life struck ...
Responding to the Lover of our Souls (Part II)
Last week, I introduced you to Maggie, whom I've known since she was a baby fighting for her life with cancer. She is now deeply in love with Jesus and ...
Responding To The Lover of Our Souls (Part 1)
Though deeply religious, the Wesley brothers struggled with insecurity about their salvation. It wasn't until they read aloud Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Galatians that they understood the ...