The key to having grace in your life is letting grace have you. That key is turned by learning to live in awareness and agreement with what God is saying to you. You don't reshape God's grace to fit your choices, it's His grace that reshapes your thoughts and actions to line up with His. …
Walking the Process Path
When Jesus said "I'm not going to call you servants anymore, but friends, "it wasn't because they'd gained some ethereal level of enlightenment, or because they'd earned it through their performance. It was in part, at least, because He could see they were beginning to embrace process. They were learning He wanted a more powerful …
Open the Door
This persistent little guy and a few of his friends persuaded me to share my bear claw. It made me think of how I ask God for things. I haven't always received the answers I wanted, in the way I wanted, or when I wanted. But every time I have asked, looked, and knocked, I …
Red Cheeks and Broken Hearts
"Jesus answered, 'The most important is, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." The second is this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." …
The Brilliance of Patience
Patience is a believer's untapped superpower. As far as fruits of the Spirit, patience certainly isn't as celebrated as love, joy, peace, or kindness. Based on popularity, if patience were a superhero, it would probably be Aquaman. Patience does mean to persevere, to never give up, often in difficult circumstances. You know that. We've all …