Tag: spiritual
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The Geometry of the First Step
There is a quiet, almost unsettling abruptness to the way God moves people. But if we look closer at the stories, we find that the human side of the journey is often much more familiar, messy, and hesitant than we remember. In yesterday’s lectionary readings, we find ourselves standing at two separate crossroads separated by…
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No Take-Backs: The Ancient Law That Secures Your Identity Today
We all have family phrases that carry their own weight. In my family, we have a shorthand rule for the moments when someone gets married, or when a child goes to stay with another family member. We look at each other and say, “No take-backs.” It’s our way of saying that the boundary lines have…
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Finding Peace When the World Is Out of Control
We live in a world that operates at a breakneck, exhausting pace. Everywhere we look, things feel increasingly chaotic, loud, and mechanical. It’s incredibly easy to look at the state of humanity and feel a quiet, creeping panic. We grip our lives tighter, try to force outcomes, and exhaust ourselves trying to maintain a fragile…
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The Anchor of Enough
History gives us a jarring portrait of Marie Antoinette. Surrounded by the gilded opulence of Versailles—finery, exotic delicacies, and servants waiting to satisfy her every whim—the Queen of France was reported to have looked upon it all and despaired, “Nothing tastes.” It is a tragic irony, yet one I find myself reflecting on often. It…
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The Great Exchange: Moving from Survival Mode to the Father’s Table
We tend to look at the world through the lens of our own striving. Everywhere we turn, the cultural script is the same: claw, manipulate, protect, and hustle to build your own little kingdom. It is an exhausting way to live, keeping our spirits on high alert—trapped in a perpetual state of survival mode. But…
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The Internal Highway
Psalm 84:5 (NIV) “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.” We aren’t meant to settle for the stagnant waters of the familiar. We are meant for the journey. So, when that holy homesickness stirs in your soul today, don’t fight it, and don’t fear the motion of the…
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Different Classrooms, Different Lessons: The Divine Syllabus
One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn is that not everyone is in the same class learning the same lesson. What God may be teaching you or showing you in the spirit is not for everyone. As it says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose…
The Anchor Point 