Reflections on the loving kindness of the Triune God
I met God by reading the Bible . . . I heard him speak to me through it. I asked, “If you’re really ‘there’—if you truly exist—please speak to me!” and he answered! The answer came in the Sermon on the Mount of Matthew 5-7 where he confronted me about my sin, warning me to …
Read More Life as Conversation with GodOur times are in your hands, O God, as a canvas of your love for us; the palette of your wisdom colors every moment of each day. Yet how often we see the strokes of your care as moments of fortune; as events birthed by luck; as mysterious gifts we somehow deserve. And when the …
Read More A Psalm for a New YearI just received a note from Linnea, a member of Warren Community Fellowship. Here is a part of what she shared. “I also wanted to tell you that last weekend there were 17 women who went to the beach for a personal renewal retreat. You will be pleased to know that almost every woman there …
Read More Bible Read throughsThe berry patch just a couple of dozen feet beyond the edge of my back lawn always fights with me in the summer. The blackberry vines reach upwards to nearly six feet by midsummer. I know that’s because they used to live here, where my house and yard now blocks them. They certainly would love …
Read More GardeningThat God is both one and many in the same moment is both incomprehensible and satisfying. His one-and-many Being grounds his goodness. God, in his unity, is never divisible except as he made space in himself at the cross for us to enter his embrace. All goes wrong if we think of him as a …
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