Still getting settled in at our new digs in Pleasant Hope, MO. Culling more books from my library, sorting papers, hanging pictures, meeting neighbors, sharing the gospel, volunteering at the new Library, spending time with our grandchildren, daughter, and son-in-law, trying to nurse my back into health. These have been the primary activities of the … More Meditating About, Before and To God
In my office are four large file cabinets, 16 drawers in all, and two more drawers in my “aircraft carrier desk” filled with files on every book of the Bible and hundreds of topics related to virtually all fields of literature and the humanities plus numerous topics in science. It is exactly the case in … More Cleaning Out Old Files: Finding Treasures
Sunday Afternoon Musings “Above all, it is not necessary that we should have any unexpected, extraordinary experiences in meditation. This can happen, but if it does not, it is not a sign that the meditation period has been useless. Not only at the beginning, but repeatedly, there will be times when we feel great spiritual dryness … More Bonhoeffer on: Happiness and Meditation
Thursday is for Discussion Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16 It is in the nature of things that all created sentient beings (angels and mankind) could not possibly comprehend … More Eating the Book
I have been home in bed for two days trying to conserve my strength as I battle the flu. It has given me much time to read, between nodding off from exhaustion. One of the books occupying my time is Wayne Cordeiro’s The Divine Mentor (Bethany House, 2007). I have known Pastor Cordeiro’s ministry story … More A Divine Mentor
My wife was responding to the odor coming off my body from the first ride of the year 2015. It wasn’t much. Just 3.45 miles but it’s a start. It felt good to be outside after a long winter. This years’ goal 997 more before the weather turns cold again in the Fall. Now the sobering … More “Go Take a Shower Puppy!”
Sunday Afternoon Musing Our multi-tasking, distracted, overly busy, never-slow-down, rarely rest, anti-intellectual, un-reflective culture is killing our souls. But here is a remedy, if we will take our medicine. “How can we turn our knowledge about God into knowledge of God? The rule for doing this is demanding, but simple. It is that we turn … More What is Biblical Meditation?
A Cry of Lament for the 6th Day of the Month Read Psalm 6 first. (Part of the Poetry Project) Suggested by Psalm 6 Extremity Extremity. Is that what it takes? Must we be driven to cliffs of sorrow Sheer walls of rock climbing to sky While troubles rise like a flood below us? Is … More Extremity: A Meditation on Psalm 6
Weekend Links Speaking at retreat for college students in Wisconsin with little time to post or enter discussions. Hopefully, others will carry on the discussion threads begun on various posts. Only a few posts but I think you will enjoy them. Growing Better Christians Christians: Let us Meditate On, Talk About, and Live by the … More Meditation; John Piper; Franklin Graham; Art Gallery Churches; Free Biblical Training; Gun Control
Friday is for Heart Songs Another great offering from Kairos Journal. Don’t just enjoy your weekend, LIVE IT for the glory of the King. A Disciplined Ministry: Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813 – 1843) In Dundee, Scotland, Robert Murray M’Cheyne lay dying of typhus at age 29, his soaring fever resistant to all treatment. But rather than focus on … More A Short and Powerful Life and its Secret
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