Moses’ Return: Dealing With Your Past
Moses left Egypt twice, under very different circumstances. Perhaps this is always how it must be. The first time he left his adopted home he was ashamed. He’d murdered an…
Counterfeit Ur: God’s Plan Without God
The greatest city in the ancient world was Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. Its 220 acres were filled with canals and harbors, gardens, markets, industry, and artistry. Ur demonstrated the…
God Remains In the Muck
The Flood represents the closest God has ever come to giving up. We used to be stewards of the whole earth; after the Fall, we were stewards of the whole…
Danger Zone: The Path God Puts Us On
Too often Christians think of both our origin and our destination as milquetoast, watercolors of dandelion-skipping and harp-playing. But these saccharine depictions miss what the Bible actually says: there will…
DEATH AND THE DIVINE
In the Bible, “Death” means separation, not cessation. Did you catch that? The biblical writers didn’t believe your life “ended”—neither your consciousness, nor your existence—but that through death you were…
Truth Serum: Trusting God
God created Adam and Eve, planted a luxuriant garden to provide for their welfare, and walked with them daily to enjoy its many pleasures. Nevertheless, the serpent insinuated God had…
Selfhood to Sainthood
The Bible declares we are saints. That word means “holy people,” and though we don’t feel holy, it is precisely through prayer that our outer reality becomes aligned with our…
Active and Contemplative Prayer
Though I’m reluctant to categorize, it is fair to say there are two broad kinds of spiritual people: actives and contemplatives. Most people think the contemplatives are the spiritual ones…
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