I have been loved well in my life.  I am unspeakably blessed in that way, and I cannot be more thankful for the people who have been part of that blessing.  I can understand why love not only comprises the first two commandments God gives to men, but rests at the heart of all the [...]

No literally, I fall a lot. Take this morning for example. Lying face first on the steel-cornered steps between the first and second floors of Riggs Hall, I thought about the frequency of that occurrence and its impact on my life. It’s not just falling up the stairs – it’s the many many ways I [...]

Understanding the depth and expanse of the Lord’s mercy is absolutely necessary for us as fatally flawed human beings. His tenderness in restoring me and raising to life all of the places in me that had died from disease and deception – that quiet, constant grace has become such a needed resting place for my [...]

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;
for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure [...]

Receive love.

Love is an incomprehensible depth of mercy. It burns desperately for the lost one and exults in the ninety nine it has been given. Love overwhelms fear. It satisfies. It quiets the anxious and makes restless the comfortable. It is radiant in the darkness of unrighteousness. Love heals. It frees. Love redeems what has been destroyed [...]

I read. Sometimes I stay up until 3 am to study, but mostly¬†when that happens it’s “leisure reading” time. I love the quietness of late nights after busy days. In the last few months, I’ve developed what I can only describe as an appetite for truth. I can’t absorb anything I read fast enough; I [...]

Love isn’t an option. It isn’t a switch I can flip on and off whenever I feel like it. It isn’t convenient. It isn’t limited to the people I feel most obligated to show love to. It isn’t limited to the “least of these” either. It’s the frat boy at the football game, the girl [...]

“Let me be in love with what You love
Let me be most satisfied in You…”

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In a very simplistic sense, you can look at the Bible as a textbook or as a novel – both of [...]

Left to my own devices, I can be an incredibly judgmental person. Of people who love Jesus, no less. I have few expectations of people outside of the church for the most part, but I hold my spiritual siblings to standards that I can’t even manage. It saddens me. I say that because I truly [...]

Fear isn’t pretty. It isn’t enviable. Nobody wants to admit when they’re scared. You can ignore it all you want to, you can claim to be immune, but you’re not – it’s part of life.

I don’t handle it well.

I’m learning a lot about myself, and that tops the list. Some people can take [...]