Losing our life to find our life is one of Jesus’ important teaching as all four Gospels contain this statement, and the Gospel of Matthew has it in twice.[1]  How…

Spiritual transformation will bring you to a place you do not recognize.  I call this the spirituality of lostness.  We are in good company when we are spiritually lost –…

In the Old testament God takes the time and space to reveal God does not work, nor think, nor move as we humans do.  The tendency to place human attributes…

The Old Testament and I are traveling together as I prepare short teachings for my YouTube channel.   In this ancient story, God selects the people of Israel as God’s chosen…

As a visual learner and reader, even a bible verse may create a mental image in my mind’s eye.  As I was reading Psalm 91:7, the mental image caused a…

In a thin book near the end of it, Frederick Buechner offers a beautiful insight regarding God’s will: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep…

We all have a preference around where our mind rests.  For some, it rests in the past; what has happened certainly predicts what will happen.  For others, your mind rests…

We can become lost in our lives.  How does it happen?  Lostness has two speeds: slow and sudden.  The slow barely perceptible speed of nature.  Aging is a bit like…

Jesus appeals to us to increase our capacity.  Increasing our capacity is hard work and uncomfortable.  Yet, most of our faith journey is lived in a place of discomfort.  To…

Even the best life is limited.[1]  Knowing when you are pushing against your limits is a wonderful way of expressing love, value, and honor to yourself.  We live in a…