praise you with darkness

I will praise you with my darkness, you have called me to this place, I will praise you when your hidden because it calls to my faith I will praise you in the morning I'll praise you in the eve with empty hands surrender and follow with crippled feet I'll lift my voice to worship …

Wild God

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com R. J. Foster says, "God is wild and free and comes at will." This idea of God being wild, both offends me and delights me. The offense hits me first, The idea of a wild God or a wild anything conjures images of out of control, rabid and rebellious. It's …

Control

I love control. I want to control how  my husband shows me love, and who my children are friends with and the pastors sermon on Sunday morning, the store clerks method of ringing in my groceries, the timing of major events , when the class starts, I’d like to control the weather, i want to control …

Out of the Ground

Genesis 2 December 15, 2022 In the second chapter of Genesis, I notice a repetition: God brought out from the ground; out of the ground God formed man, out of the ground God caused to grow every tree good for food, the tree of life, out of the ground a mist rose from the ground, …

Elusive God

December 14 The first words about the world reveal God’s active presence in the world. The moment the universe came into existence, there was God, doing things. In the first chapter of the bible we see God created, God said, God separated, God blessed, God made, God called and God placed again and again. This …

walking worthy

Colossians 1 words 1387 Time to read: 7 minutes The Word of truth comes to us so that we might be perfect. Christ's work is to complete you and I. This is the overarching theme in the first chapter of Colossians. It was John who wrote ' the word became flesh and dwelt among us …

the weapons of war

For the Christian person, the bible says, the weapons of warfare are not carnal, they are not physical. The weapons of the Christian are not swords, guns, clubs, bombs, rocks and not made of metal. If we belong to Christ in some ways, we are called to be David in battle, throwing off the chain …

enter grace

Photo by Anna Shevchuk on Pexels.com I find grace an overused word in Christian circles and american churches. Not that grace itself could ever be overused or run out. What I mean is that the word is used so frequently to describe so many things its true meaning has almost been lost at least to …

The Sweet Persuasion of the Soul

Is there a place for debate in Christendom? Does having “one mind” for Christians mean we must agree with all other Christians, even when we don’t? This seems like a cut and dry answer, but politics and social issues complicates the command. I would hope most of us don’t think we have to agree on …