What makes someone great? We often have fairly straightforward answers to this question. We point to wealth, influence, achievement, intelligence, talent or the number of people who know someone’s name. A person builds a successful company, wins an extraordinary number of awards, becomes a celebrated artist, changes an industry or accumulates great wealth, and weContinue reading “What Makes One Great?”
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Why We Hide From The Light
Can we have a conversation about why we sometimes avoid the light of God’s presence? Think back to the Garden of Eden. The picture Scripture gives us at the beginning is remarkably beautiful. Adam and Eve lived in communion with God. There was no distance, no awkwardness, no hiding. They were naked and yet unashamed,Continue reading “Why We Hide From The Light”
The Light We Keep Trying to Earn
There are conversations we have because we need answers. Then there are conversations we have because something within us is asking to be understood. The second kind often leaves us with no formula, no ten-step plan, and no impressive conclusion. Instead, we come away feeling a little lighter. A little less afraid of ourselves. AContinue reading “The Light We Keep Trying to Earn”
Even when you’ve failed (the unconditionality of God’s love)
Clara was brought up in a good Christian home where she was taught to pray, read her Bible, and live a life of purity. However, when she got into high school, she fell into bad company and gradually found herself throwing out the window all the virtues she was taught at home. She also lostContinue reading “Even when you’ve failed (the unconditionality of God’s love)”
God is your Abba Father
In our everyday interactions, we misconstrue power as cruelty and insensitivity. Probably, it’s because we’ve been hearing stories about how some powerful rulers terrorized their subjects into submission. So we think that if God is all-powerful, then surely He’s got to be a hundred times more cruel and dreadful than these powerful earthly rulers we’veContinue reading “God is your Abba Father”
