Photography (Washington Football Team at Philadelphia Eagles, January 3, 2021), licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Knowing your direction is one thing. Staying the course when it gets difficult is another. Last week, we discussed the difference between a map and a compass — how beginning again requires orientation more than certainty. But what happens when …
Begin Again — The Compass and the Map
When the way forward isn’t clear, we long for a map. But life and faith offer something different — a compass. This reflection explores how rediscovering true north helps us begin again, even in the fog.
A Beautiful Life—Right Here: Rediscovering Presence in a Distracted World
We often miss the beauty of life that is right in front of us because we are easily distracted. We don't mean for it to happen—it just does. Life gets noisy, the phone lights up, notifications buzz, and before we know it, our attention is scattered across a dozen places at once, and we're not …
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The Unexpected Joy of Not Knowing
Around the Bend As we journey along the path of life and faith, there are times when we come to a crossroads and face a decision. Do we choose the familiar, the safe, the known? Or do we take a leap of faith into the unknown, trusting that the path will unfold before us as …
Why We Travel
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T.S. Elliot To travel is to explore. It forces you out of your familiar surroundings and patterns and takes you into the unknown. In a new place, …
Thumbs Up Challenge
I started the day early with a cup of coffee. I went to the refrigerator for creamer and on the door of the fridge is a picture of our grandson, Landon. There he is with a big smile giving a thumbs up. I found my creamer and as the door closed, I gave him a …
What Is God Trying To Tell Us?
What Is God Trying To Tell Us?
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Any time tragedy occurs there is always a tendency to attribute the results as an act of God. Some even point to Romans 8:28 as the evidence that …
The Greatest Discovery
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. “ William James “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God …
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