Standing on Holy Ground

Standing on Holy Ground

Ah, the beauty of going barefoot. Standing on holy ground feeling the grass between your toes, what joy. Or imagine being at the beach. Where the cool sand shifts under your weight as it squish between your barefoot toes while the gentle waves lap on your feet. Each...
Turn our Mourning into Dancing

Turn our Mourning into Dancing

I love ballroom dancing! My favorite is the waltz. When we fly around the floor and work in tandem my spirit soars with liberated freedom. Freedom from the overload of work that tries regularly to creep up on me. Freedom to release inhibitions and let me be my best...
The 3 “Rs” of Trust

The 3 “Rs” of Trust

I think the letter “R” in trust should be a red letter. When we can live into trust of God, we find ourselves being called to Radically trust, take Risks, and the result of these first two “Rs” is an even greater Resilient trust of God. Life Circumstance can very...
Covenant Renewal

Covenant Renewal

When I was a parish pastor, nearly every January the worship leaders and I led a Wesleyan Covenant Renewal service. Through that worship celebration we examined our ways of living, offered repentance, confirmed God’s promises, and renewed our heart’s pledge to live in...
More than Just the Mind

More than Just the Mind

We are more than just our mind. Yet human beings tend to be neck up people. We are wonderful thinkers, strategists, and mental pray-ers. However, God has created human beings with the marvelous gift of an entire body. As I wrote in my devotional book The Advent of...
Mysterious Movements

Mysterious Movements

Do you like a good mystery? Mysteries engage the mind as we discern “Whodunit?” This engagement takes many forms. Some of us become afraid and pull the covers up so that we can only  peek out over the top. Others, sit on the edge of their seat anxiously awaiting...