These are challenges for me: giving thanks in all circumstances…finding joy in all situations…staying in prayer continuously…finding the peace that overcomes anxiety. But I know how important it is to keep working on it. And thinking of that led to this: “Gratitude” I always think, “what might have been”,When my long days come to an…
The Sermon on the Mount is rich with teachings that make us pause and look within. Matthew 5:23-24 was one of the many that did that for me. I thought about the many times when my anger or disappointment or pride led me to pull away from someone, with reconciliation the last thing I wanted…
This poem was inspired by Matt Redman’s song, “The Heart of Worship”, and by John 4:23. Much of my life I’ve treated worship as something I did at a certain place or time, and that has been very important for me. But worship is actually something much deeper and more relational than that: “Heart of…
