phillipians 3:12-21 [straining toward the goal]

phillipians 3:12-21 [straining toward the goal]

by | Jul 13, 2011 | bible literacy

[serialposts]Read Philippians 3:12-21 (ESV, NIV, The Message) Paul broke with his past. All his gains he regarded as loss. Nothing of this world mattered to him anymore now that he is aware of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus. So begins the third chapter...
[god in the yard] poetry: silence

[god in the yard] poetry: silence

by | Jun 1, 2011 | spiritual practice

[serialposts] Secretly we spoke, that wise one and me. I said, Tell me the secrets of the world. He said, Sh… Let silence Tell you the secrets of the world. -Rumi Silence. Be still and know that I am God. Elijah was unable to hear the voice of God until the din...
[god in the yard] look: contemplation

[god in the yard] look: contemplation

by | May 18, 2011 | spiritual practice

[serialposts] Contemplation We have been invited. We have been given the rules. We are now asked to contemplate. Such a loaded word. So much baggage has been packed on those few letters throughout the years. But it is the one I consider as I walk down past three...