Month: May 2011
Living Beyond Our Fears
There is much in the world to make us afraid. There is much more in our faith to make us unafraid. ~Frederick W. Cropp Fear expresses itself differently in each person. We are fearful about different things. But always...fear will keep you from receiving all that God has for you. Fear causes us to live ...
Thoughts on Sabbath
I’ve thoroughly been enjoying Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, An Altar in the World. Here are a few of her thoughts on Sabbath: “Busy is how our culture measures worth” (p. 123). Our culture invariably supposes that action and accomplishment are better than rest, that doing something….anything…is better than doing nothing. For so much of our ...
Living in the Kingdom
In my ladies’ life group we are journeying reflectively through the Book of Luke together. We are only in chapter four and it has proven to be a vast , expansive, and rich narrative of God’s story. (The story of Simeon in chapter three still impacts me as a powerful description of a with-God life.) ...
Marriage – Bringing us into the Fuller Life
In case you missed the Royal Wedding Homily by Dr. Richard Chartres, Anglican Bishop of London, I’ve reposted it. It’s an incredible, short treatise on the purpose of marriage. We would do well to take it to heart: “A spiritual life grows as love finds its centre beyond ourselves. Faithful and committed relationships offer a door ...
Gail Johnsen 