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When the religious (spirit) is operating, knowing about God substitutes for knowing God. And therefore, teaching is exalted. Church feels like a seminar — could be intellectual,

One of my favorite things is to feel small in God’s creation. I love to go for walks in the evening and by the time I return home, it will sometimes be dark, the sun long set. On the nights when the sky is clear and all I see are stars, I feel impossibly small. God created every single star, hung them exactly where they belong in the sky and yet He created me; and yet, He created you.

As strange as it may sound, it's true—Jesus took naps. Mark 4:38 says, “Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’"

Am I a doer or a hearer? Am I reading the Bible to “check my box” for the day, or am I reading to see what God has for me to do?

As discussed earlier this week, summer is a time to slow down and savor the simple pleasures of life – uninterrupted time with family, nature in bloom, and moments of rest.

Life often lives in the in-between- between prayer and the answer, the question and the clarity, the loss and the healing.

One evening, while walking home from work, I noticed how easy it was to see what was directly in front of me (either by flashlight or the nearest streetlight), and what was in the distance under the next streetlight.

Do you ever think about what God truly wants from you and why you are here?

Growing up I used to think that when I got to Heaven, I would have this big sit-down meeting with Jesus and my guardian angel. And the meeting would kinda be like a coach going over film. God would walk me through scenes of my life – the good and the bad – and explain the reasoning behind it. But then a few years back, an older and wiser Christian told me.....

Jesus enjoyed people. Not everyone does, you know.

I’m writing this post on the first day of spring…although it certainly doesn’t feel like it! Yesterday, in my part of the US, we had a massive blizzard, and it feels like winter has lasted forever.

No one is too far from God’s plan and reach to not be used by Him.