Silence brings peace and healing to my troubled soul. The swirling thoughts out of control bouncing around in my head rob me of any joy. Christ bids me come and sit by the still waters and find rest for my weary soul. He proclaims I am here waiting for you in my mercy and love. There…
Scott is a big man with a bigger heart. Scott, in his heyday, could hit a softball a mile, but near his 50th birthday, he suffered a heart attack while driving at work. After nine days on a ventilator, he opened his eyes, and with his wife Cathy standing on one side of his hospital…
Attending the University of Arkansas, there was an all-you-can-eat Tuesday night pizza buffet. It was nearly fifty years ago, but I remember it like yesterday. It was not the pizza or low price that stands out today. It was the Razorback basketball game I attended after consuming far too many slices of pizza. I do…
As the weight of the world overwhelms, release your cares into the hands of God. In the hundreds of anxious thoughts residing in your head, let your heart contemplate prayerfully on the one idea of God’s love for you. “Throw all your worry on him because he cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) Let go…
Richard Rohr writes, “We cannot attain the presence of God because we’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s absent is awareness.” The apostle Paul helps us understand, “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because…
The conversion and transformation of my heart and mind to Christ is a moment-by-moment process of letting go of my self-centered thoughts and replacing them with God-focused thoughts. As I become fully conscious and aware of Christ living in me, I mindfully release the control of my self-conscious way of life back to God. I…
The essence of life is not what I do but who I am. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalms. 46:10) revolutionized my spiritual life as it transformed my understanding of knowing God intimately. I had never focused on what the “be” described. The “be” is my life centered in the Eternal Now…
When I focus on the future, hoping it will bring satisfaction and meaning, I might be chasing ghosts. But unfortunately, the future is an illusion that resides only in the fantasy of my mind. Therefore, I will never experience the excitement of being fully alive by continually focusing and longing for the future. The present…
Richard Rohr understands a timeless truth, if not now, when? “The way you are is the way you will be. How you do life today is how you will probably do life tomorrow. If you are unhappy today, you will likely be unhappy tomorrow.” It is essential to understand you will never be any more…
The mystery of life is the belief we exist autonomous of everything in the world and the possibility of a God transcending our world and the universe. The Christian faith teaches I am spiritually blind and believe the world centers around me; I am unaware of God’s presence and love. Salvation is the gift of…
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord…
Lord, I offer myself to you. However, honestly, that is not my first desire. My ego would rather flee from your presence. My prayer is to help me see you and convince my heart to seek you to spend time alone with you. Let me dwell in the goodness of your love. Let me hide…