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This is the 5th post in a short blog series I’ve been doing on Christian Contemplation. Assuming you’ve read them all and assuming you haven’t concluded that I’ve ‘gone off the deep end‘, I’d like to use this final post … Read More

Another Way to Corral the Wandering Mind I trust you’ve read the previous 3 blog posts in this series. I think it will be helpful if you do – here are the links if you need to catch up – … Read More

Calming The Restless Mind Yesterday I encouraged you to consider the possibility of taking some baby steps in starting a practice of Christian Contemplation. This, of course, involves, at the very least, being still and being silent. But whenever we … Read More

Beginner Contemplation If you’ve never committed to a practice of contemplation before, it can be daunting to even think about beginning. Seasoned contemplators will make it look like you need to join a Monastery to get anywhere with it. But … Read More

Be Still. Toward the end of last year, I went for a ride into the forest, found a bench, sat down, and entered into contemplative silence. It was in that moment that Psalm 46:10 became my theme verse for 2020 … Read More

Paradox Miriam-Webster defines a paradox as, “a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true.“ Over the past couple of days I’ve been thinking about the idea that a person’s maturity level is directly proportional to their … Read More

For a couple of months now, I’ve been wanting to bring something up, but I just haven’t found the right context. So, for better or worse, I decided that a blog post will have to do. I think that there are … Read More

What’s your “Shibboleth?“ In Judges 12, a person’s life depended on their ability to correctly pronounce the Hebrew word for, “ear of grain.“ Gileadites would say, “Shibboleth“, while Ephraimites, who had a different pronunciation would say, “Sibboleth.“ Unfortunately, the Gileadites … Read More

“What is Prayer?” I wonder how you would answer that question? I’ve always answered it like this: “just talking to God.” While I think that is 100% true, I don’t think that it’s the whole truth. I think that there … Read More

All my life I’ve had to deal with what I’d personally call, “tribal angst.” That is, I’ve always had an anxious desire to figure out which Christian “tribe” is “right.” And, quite frankly, after three (or so) decades of battling … Read More