I didn’t want to believe it when I heard the news. You always want to believe the best about the people you respect. But you can’t deny the truth forever. Even when the truth is sickening. If you are someone who has followed Ravi Zacharias and the RZIM organization, then I’m sure you understand how …
Have you ever felt claws ripping and wrenching,slashing and hacking at your throat,leaving a trail of bloodas you speak?Have you ever felt a weight on your chest, so heavy you can barely breathe, let alone express the feelingsyou’ve only been told to hide?Has it ever seemed like the thoughts buried deep inside your soul,are written …
What is lent? Do you celebrate lent? Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with the tradition. I’d never heard of it either, growing up belting “Amazing Grace” within the four walls of a bible church. Lent is the season of spiritual preparation before Easter. Some say the word is derived from the Old English word for “lengthening” as …
listening, watching, perceivingthat I don’t want to be one of them-one who is constantlylistening watching, perceiving everyone’s lives but their very own Pushing away children, our books, the treesNo time for God or discipline or rest we’re always listening, watching, perceiving worrying, comparing, condemning Looking at screens instead of the starsscrolling instead of savoringthis one …
I’ve never liked the end of January. The holidays are over, winter is in full force and life seems to consist of work, routines, darkness and fatigue. This morning, while I was looking outside at the sloppy gray mess that is the world, a line from one of my favorite songs caught my attention; ” …