So many days, my devotional time becomes a ritual, like drinking my morning coffee, which I don’t check my brain into, which later, when I look back on my day, I don’t remember having done. Before I forget today, I thought I’d take the time to jot down a few thoughts I had reading Psalm [...]
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Mustard Seeds
It feels like the aspect of my faith I’m continually dissatisfied with is prayer. No matter how much I know I should pray, it’s so easily shoved aside for something more tangible — like having a good rant or whine to Mr. Burt or a pal; or frankly, for something more interesting — like [...]
Fiction and Faith
I’m not sure if I’m over-analytical of characters because I’m a writer, or if I’m just a fault-finder in general, but I’ve always been hard-pressed to choose a favorite Bible character – which is a strange term, because they’re not characters, they’re actual people – because most of them are all so flawed. Which is [...]
The Twenty-ninth Psalm
Maybe it’s because I’m still feeling rather overwhelmed at the enormity of having completed the second draft of my book and even more overwhelmed at the enormity of revising it, but I really needed this Psalm today:
Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Give to [...]
Perfection
“You…must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48).
Of all God’s commandments, I think that is the most daunting. It came up this morning during my devotional time, and my stomach twisted itself up in knots, as it always does whenever I read that verse.
I don’t like being perfect. It’s no fun, it’s [...]
