Where the Lord Dwells
The Father dwells in a place untainted by sin, a place of complete beauty, goodness, truth, and love. It's a place we innately long for.
Rick Shafer
Our Father
I am a father, but not like this father. My moods can influence my interactions. This Father is never weary, never insecure, never anxious. This Father is unending unconditional love.
God is Near
Attention to God's with-ness would certainly form my dependency, my heart, and my behavior.
Litmus
Hydrangeas are fascinating. Their color reveals something about the soil they're planted in.
To Know God and Make Him Known
With God, we experience an eternal kind of life, and we invite others to experience that life with us. Oh, what joy!
Connection
We have been set in communities. For the most part, we don't find these communities or build them. We receive them.
Connection
I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.
Blessed
Faith is trust that's able to take a step. When we take that step, we courageously exercise our trust, drawing on God's grace.
The Only Thing That Matters
Here, Paul says faith and love are two sides of the same coin in the right system.
The Ponds are Low
Ponds dry up. Forests and fields turn to tinder. It's easy to miss when the weather's so nice.
Reality Has a Point
It's painful to kick against the pointy prod of truth.
Your Inverted Frown
Even your longings and groanings tell me, "This is not right!"