Scheduling Christmas with God

Scheduling Christmas with God

I’m not sure I ever told you all this, but I do most of my writing in the early hours of the day. I’ve always been an early riser and during the Christmas season that is especially true. I even have the timer on the Christmas tree set to come on twice a day, at 5 a.m....
How and why do we seek God’s face?

How and why do we seek God’s face?

My dad often traveled for his work. My sisters and I were always excited to go to the airport and pick him up. Those were the days, before 9/11, when we could enter an airport and walk to the gate to wait.  My sisters and I would look out the airport windows and try...
How does God “inhabit” our praise?

How does God “inhabit” our praise?

Halloween has come and gone. The retailers have markdowns on all things “spooky” because they need the shelf space for all things “Santa.”  Hopefully, they keep at least one shelf to remind everyone of Thanksgiving. In many ways, the world doesn’t realize that without...
Reconciled to God and others

Reconciled to God and others

M of us use the word reconciled in our vocabularies to discuss a marriage relationship that was broken and is now put back together. We say, “They have reconciled.” Every earthly relationship goes through periods of distance or separation. It might not be a physical...