Someone once said, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life; go, and make the most of it.” Wise words, and advice worth taking. So I am going, and beginning this day where I began this blog – with the concept of Sabbath rest. I’m re-reading Mudhouse Sabbath slowly, with good coffee…
There’s a concept called na’aseh v’nishma; which means: “we will do and we will hear” or “we will do and we will understand.”* It’s about doing your faith, and coming to understand what it is you already believe as you practice it. Lauren Winner explains it a lot better than that, but that’s the gist…
Faintnot and Rachel have tagged me in a meme entitled “what would Jesus say to me?” Good question… The longer question of the meme is this: if you met Jesus in person, the way people in the Bible did, what would He say to you? I am torn between three responses…. 1) I have absolutely…
I wish you could be here in this moment. It isn’t the lights, and it isn’t the band. It isn’t the phenomenal speakers, or the tech crew that’s worked so hard to pull this Kongress off. It’s the Presence of God in an arena turned temple, and in the temple of His people. Looking around…
Her name is Hannah. She’s an older woman, tall, laugh lines, grey hair, visibly someone who has weathered much but done it with that deep joy that marks those who follow Him. Wrapped in her dark dress coat and a brightly colored scarf, she follows us into the arena where our tech crew will soon…
