Category: Reflections

  • Persistence and Prayer

    Persistence and Prayer

    God does not weary of our persistence.

  • Looking for a sign

    Looking for a sign

    Don’t miss the signs that God sends you.

  • Saint Andrew and Me

    Saint Andrew and Me

    What biblical character most helps you to see your life from God’s viewpoint?

  • Entertaining Angels Unawares

    Entertaining Angels Unawares

    “Do not neglect hospitality to strangers, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.”  (Heb 13:2)  I had a visit from one of those strangers who ultimately became an ‘angel’ in disguise.  Here’s the story.  

  • The secret to being washed clean

    The secret to being washed clean

    What is the spiritual equivalent of pollen? One of many answers is guilt, especially guilt of the past

  • Who’s in your throne room?

    Who’s in your throne room?

    Once upon a time, there was a kingdom.  In the kingdom was a castle.  Inside the castle was one large room.  Inside the room was a throne.  Sitting on the throne was a man, very much like every other man only more gentle, more peaceable, more thoughtful, and more humble…

  • My Resolutions to End Division

    My Resolutions to End Division

    When divisions arise in your heart, mind, or in the world around you, follow the advice Saint Paul gave to the Colossians.

  • Finding God in the Fog of a New Year

    Finding God in the Fog of a New Year

    With the unseasonably warm weather this late December, there is a lot of morning fog rising off of Lake Norman and offers a great metaphor to enter the New Year.

  • The trees point to the cross

    The trees point to the cross

    Celebrating the birth is wonderful, but the cross reminds us that whatever we face “God is with us” to lead us through life’s challenges.

  • I think it’s so groovy now…

    I think it’s so groovy now…

    “I think it’s so groovy now that people are finally getting together. I think it’s wonderful and how that people are finally getting together.” Is it time for you to “reach out of the darkness”?