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“The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” Mark 15:38, Matt. 27:51, Luke 23:45 Two great columns flanked the doors leading from the outer courtyard into the Temple. Inside, there were two thick curtains (veils; that some say were eighteen inches thick), that separated this place from the rest of ...

"To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less. That’s what I’m working so hard at day after day, year after year, doing my best with the energy God so generously gives me." (Col.1:28, MSG) A phrase we sometimes hear in church is about becoming “fully devoted followers of Jesus.” This is ...

St. Teresa of Avila, a Carmelite nun, wrote this beautiful prayer in the 16th century that has been used throughout the centuries. It is simple in its format, which is why many turn to it in times of distress. If you are feeling afraid or anxious right now, consider praying this prayer, opening your heart ...

We turn our thoughts for the next few days to prayer…an integral part of our Lenten journey. I know some of us may cringe when prayer is mentioned because we feel like we are so bad at it, and we feel guilty for not “measuring up.” If we are honest, we might admit our experience ...

Lent is the season for coming out of the shadows and coming clean. It is also the season for being renewed and restored. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:19 By now, our practices of self-awareness, solitude, and the ...

The formalized practice of this spiritual discipline dates back to the 16th century but grows out of the words and intentions recorded in Psalm 139:23-24, where the Psalmist says, “Search me, O God, and know my heart, test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any hurtful way in me, and lead ...

“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.” Gal. 6:4-5 (MSG) Did you know Twitter ...

“What you’re after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.” Psalm 51:6 There has been a huge interest and surge in the last several years in self-awareness assessments. No doubt many of us have taken those assessments such as the Myers-Briggs, DISC inventory, Strengths Finder, Enneagram, etc. and ...

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18 In my last post, I wrote about the “why” of the Christian life: God, by His Spirit, who is transforming our lives, making us more like Jesus. This is a “big theological rock” that should inform our days…especially in times of ...

“And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you” (Eph. 4:24, MSG). I want to pick up where my thoughts left off on Day 6, “God is in Control,” which centered around ...