Apprentice 2 Jesus

Lent

  • The freedom NOT to worry

    Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. Read more

  • Surrender and love

    He plucks the world out of hearts, loosening the chains of attachment. And He hurls the world into our hearts, where we and He together carry it in infinite love. — Thomas R Kelly, A Testament to Devotion    Read more

  • The desire to desire

    I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. Read more

  • The longing for all things new

    Lord, I have heard of your fame;     I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day,     in our time make them known;     in wrath remember mercy. (Hab. 3:2) There is a longing in my heart, not for a repeat of some past revival, but a renewed hunger for the presence of… Read more

  • Beginning the journey of Lent

     Seek the Lord and live,         or else God might rush like a fire against the house of Joseph.         The fire will burn up Bethel, with no one to put it out. (Amos 5:6) We begin with Ash Wednesday. It is a time to seek the Lord. Amos was written to a nation in prosperity, but… Read more

  • Lent is past

    “Social media fast” is over for me. To which I say with all sincerity… “Oh, Facebook, how I have not missed you… not one iota. The junk is still there.” Read more

  • Laid in the tomb

    The darkness of Saturday. Longing for hope. Read more

  • Prayer for Maundy Thursday

    Merciful God, on this, the night he was betrayed, your Son Jesus Christ washed his disciples’ feet. As we commit ourselves to following his example of love and service, teach us humility. God of grace, hear our prayer. On this night, Jesus prayed for his disciples to be one. As we grieve for the divisions… Read more

  • Holy Thursday

    All authority was handed over to Jesus. To demonstrate all that power… Jesus served. Lord, help me pick up this “mantle” in my own life. Not just today. Every day. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so… Read more

  • It’s a new day

    The proclamation of the good news includes so many things. It IS about Christ coming to die for our sins. It IS about what Jesus has done for us in his sacrifice and resurrection. And… it is more. It is his rule and his reign that has come. It’s not your “normal” king, but he IS king nonetheless and his… Read more