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  • how to pray...

    When you remember that nobody addressed God as Father in that time, Jesus' instruction to us to begin prayer by saying, "Our Father..." takes on a new light. We remember that there is a great connection to God that was o…

  • Hurt for the Hurtful

    God my God, When I look at those who have hurt me or have hurt someone close to me, teach me to see where that person has been hurt. Speak to my heart that I may see the hurtful person in light of a hurting person who …

  • Glorious Loneliness

    Pastoral leadership is a learning position I have come to learn, but one lesson I am slowly learning is the need of withdrawal and daily solitude. Solitude as a place of heart as opposed to a set physical space! It is …

  • 4 years

    Davenport, California, population about 350, staying at the Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn. It is a great little tiny town on the Highway 1. It's our 4 year wedding anniversary. I sit out on the deck on a hand…

  • beloved

    Daddy God, I want to forget about all the things I have used to define myself right now and listen to the spirit within me that cries out Abba Father (Romans 8:12-17). I have not heard that spirit within me in some time.…

  • Identity Theft

    A warning to all people who know me: my identity has been stolen. Be careful when you see "PC" because you need to determine who you are actually talking to. My identity has been stolen by an impostor, and the impostor…

  • In Abba's Embrace

    "The hand of God does not hold the man nearer, clasped in its grip, but sets him free, and its creative power becomes the longing love of the Creator for the creature." - Bonhoeffer This Bonhoeffer quote is a great imag…

  • loving God????

    There is a story from the Middle Ages about a woman who had a vision. In her vision she holds a pitcher of water in one hand and a torch in the other. With the water she extinguished all the fires of hell. With the to…

  • Trust Abba

    I wonder how much of my trust in God, the Father of my soul, is theoretical and verbal. Has my trust in Abba grown strong enough to get rid of fear? Enough to banish my worry and my doubt? Do I trust God enough to liv…

  • One Tim

    I am getting sick of being treated like I am "the Church of tomorrow". Even after a BA in Ministry and a nearly completed MA in Christian Leadership, I am occasionally looked upon as the younger one without any experien…

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