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Baruch Who?
When we take time to read, not scan, but truly take-in the scriptures, we have the chance to accurately imagine the setting, the characters, the realness of it all.
Ask…
Samuel was the son of Hannah, the barren woman, who prayed to God asking for a child. She gave birth to a son. Hannah had promised God…
Choose Carefully
Choose carefully what you hold tightly. Choose carefully. Always, the week after Easter my mind find its focus on this hidden treasure of thought.
Flipping Tables
Everything was normal that day. People from all over the region entering in. So many sounds…so many smells…so many people…but this was normal.
Preparing a Place: The Quiet Work of God
A flash of bright blue lands on the little birdhouse I put up earlier this month. My heart jumps, and I freeze - I don’t want to scare him away.
Opening Doors, Calming Storms
He was young when God spoke to him. Intimidated, unsure, insecure in himself and his abilities, and perhaps afraid of what this might mean…
More Bread Please
These life changing — heart checking — words spoken by our Shepherd are like bread crumbs on the path which leads us closer to Him. Bread crumbs from THE Bread of Life…
The Hem of Him
The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve learned, I’ve found a way of living that transforms and lightens the heaviness…
Nothing was Breaking
In that moment it wasn’t the chaos of the storm that moved me - it was the aftermath. The way the trees stood under the weight they did not choose…
From a Daisy
If we look around us, if our sights are set on horizontal love, we might wonder sometimes if someone loves us or not. Hopefully within…
He Longs for You
It was 30 years ago when I began reading the divine love letter beginning to end, and I haven’t stopped. I had come to realize that even on my best days, when all seemed…
Counting Loaves
After my final loaf of bread came safely out of the oven, I counted my loaves of freshly baked goodness and gave myself a little victory dance as contingent peace settled in me.
We're All Bleeders
This week’s Reach for More of Jesus is written by a guest writer. Charles Martin. Now, to be clear, Charles doesn’t actually know he is writing this week’s RFM…
The Courage to be Searched
There are prayers we learn early – familiar ones. Prayers for protection, for provision, for clarity. Prayers that ask God to move around us, to shape circumstances, to smooth the road ahead.
The Right Reality
Jesus is and always will be, The Way, The Truth, and The Life — but when people lose that truth, they imagine a sky falling. If we are breathing, then we still have a chance to…
Details
It’s often been said by many who are older and have walked the paths we are now taking, to never stop learning. Never be satisfied with the little you “hold in your hand” because there is more.
Keep Rowing
God has been consistently tapping on my heart to focus carefully on the places where He is at work, where He’s turning ashes into beauty.
He Knew
It’s our invitation to you to go ahead and soak in the goodness of Emmanuel, God with us. Let’s bring the focus in tight and let our hearts hold the One thing that matters most…
The Way of Jesus
That’s the subtle trap of our cultural moment: we’ve elevated empathy as if it is the final expression of love. But if empathy is the end, it can actually leave people where they are.
What Does God Want for Me?
To be in the will of God is the best place a human being, a child of God, can possibly be. To be in the will of God… is to dwell within the shadow of the Almighty…