). There’s no one in our church leadership telling us how to vote or who to vote for or where to stand on social-political issues – that is left up to individual conscience. Some CSists are religious. Some are not. I am not. In my mind I make a distinction between the religion ...
Not for me. I usually kick it out of my system in 5 to 7 days. This shit was ridiculous. No one else at my home got sick. No one. It was just me. The one stepping out. Other times, I’ve gotten sick and it goes from family member to family member until it’s gone. Not ...
Hopelessness is a blindness to hope and a dullness on the heart to His love and hope for you. It is like a fog meant to obscure the future good God has for you. I have been there. We have all been there. It is really hard. I am not making light of that. I pray that your ...
In August of this year I am planning a month-long trip back to the United States for the first time in five years, Lord willing, and during my stay on star-spangled soil I have a 2-week-long retreat scheduled at a Christian counseling center to help me work through much of the traum...
The family mountain is a cornerstone of society—a pillar God established to nurture, protect, and guide His people. Yet, in today’s world, the family is under siege, and the need for revival on the family mountain has never been more urgent. This month, Awakening Prayer Hubs is turning...
Maybe they were praying as a family for the conflict…now war. He had amazingly mature thoughts and questions about it. You can imagine that it led to a discussion that went all the way back to Adam and Eve and all the way forward to Heaven and Hell. He wondered if America would ...
Yes he was for Israel, family, sanctity of marriage, balanced economy, jobs, and etc. BUT! If he would have won we would have all taken a deep breath of relief and sat back on our laurels. Romney’s win would have been the end to our struggle. Now it would all be in Mitt’s ...
When he was 23, about 10 years after the family moved from Panama to New York City, Rod gave his mother, Olga, an ultimatum: “She could have the father or the son,” he says. “She took the son.” Rod remains close to Olga, who lives in New York. As for his father, “I do...
XIII: Prayer For Our Enemies XIV: Family Prayer XV: Church Prayer XVI: Why Do We Need to Go to Church? XVII: On Compunction and Tears XVIII: The Battle with Extraneous Thoughts XIX: The Jesus Prayer XX: What’s So Good About The Jesus Prayer?
Someone is always looking for a fast horse to save us from the hard work of learning, which requires us to face into our ignorance and vulnerability.” ___ Here on a late March day in 2020 with the mourning doves calling from their perches, the grass slowly greening, and robins hopping...