Love and Fear
The most common command in Scripture is “Do not be afraid.” This command occurs over three hundred times. Ed Welch writes:
God never says anything just to get you off his back. The
Faith
Dormancy
From Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
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Sabbath honors the necessary wisdom of dormancy. If certain plant species, for example, do not lie dormant for winter, they will not
A Patch of Sunlight
I love this image of Sabbath rest:
I remember with affection one thing about all those cats. Despite their widely varied personalities – as different as people, as the people you work with or
Totems and Sacraments
If you’ve seen the movie Inception, then you know about the idea of totems. Chris Brauns makes an interesting connection between totems and the sacraments.
Think of it this way. There are
The Gospel is Suited to All Persons in All Conditions
Great words from Charles Simeon:
Another excellency in the Gospel is, that it is equally suited to all persons in all conditions. Had any self-righteous methods of acceptance been proposed to the dying