Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. God calls him, and he just doesn’t want the ministry he’s called to. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah. What comes to mind for you when you think about reluctance? A Reluctant Prophet Jonah had an […] Written by intervarsity January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Three Reasons God Commands Us to Pray for Government Leaders It’s Inauguration Day in the United States, so I thought I’d remind us all of the biblical duty we have to always be in prayer for government leaders. Let us remember that our sovereign God raises and lowers kings (Dan. 2:21). He alone is worthy of our worship, full allegiance, and trust. When we as […] Written by Paul Tautges January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Diving into Jonah—Overcoming Reluctant Ears, Hearts & Eyes Reluctant. That’s how I see the prophet Jonah in his eponymous book. God calls him, and he just doesn’t want the ministry he’s called to. I get that reluctance. I wonder if that’s why I resonate with Jonah. What comes to mind for you when you think about reluctance? A Reluctant Prophet Jonah had an […] Written by intervarsity January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Three Reasons God Commands Us to Pray for Government Leaders It’s Inauguration Day in the United States, so I thought I’d remind us all of the biblical duty we have to always be in prayer for government leaders. Let us remember that our sovereign God raises and lowers kings (Dan. 2:21). He alone is worthy of our worship, full allegiance, and trust. When we as […] Written by Paul Tautges January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Where Do We Go from Here? “Where do we go from here, chaos or community?” Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. asked this in his last book before he was killed for his work to end segregation and call for peace during the Vietnam war. The breach of the US Capitol and attempt to overturn our election requires us to ask the same […] Written by Red Letter Christians January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
RESOURCES: Parenting Prodigal Children BOOKS/MINI-BOOKS Come Back, Barbara: A Father’s Pursuit of a Prodigal Daughter (John Miller, Barbara Juliani) From Heartbroken to Hopeful: Gospel Hope for Parents with Prodigals (Shirley Elliot) Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls (Dave Harvey, Paul Gilbert) Prodigal Children: Hope and Help for Parents (Robert Jones) The Painful Path of the Prodigal (Craig Svensson) […] Written by Paul Tautges January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
You are Not Less Worthy Luke 4:14-30 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 1/17/21 Which part of the body are you? Are you the eyes, seeing everything that goes on, observing, and through that seeing, helping us to be guided forward as a church, as a people, into the future? Are you the ears, hearing the concerns and hearing […] Written by Barbara Barkley January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A watery way to release accumulated tension Creek Study, a watercolor by Will Noble Tension, especially tension that has built up over a long time, doesn’t necessarily disappear when the external cause of the fear that tightened us up is removed. It can become habitual. So this week in class my guided meditation was focused on releasing the accumulated and recently exacerbated […] Written by Stephanie Noble January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Meditating with pets I have a daily Zoom meditation group as part of Wildmind’s Meditation Initiative, and there are often a few pets in evidence. In fact one day someone commented that it must be “Take Your Dog to Meditation Day.” In some ways pets are natural meditators. I’ve had a few cats in my life, and currently […] Written by Bodhipaksa January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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