Apprentice 2 Jesus

  • Week Two: The Affections of Christ and Consistent Prayer

    Being drawn into the affections of Christ demands consistency. We need consistent attention to the Word. Constant attention to the basics, such as the Sermon on the Mount or Psalms, allows us to have a path to drawing us back to the place of seeing Christ. Read more

  • Week One: Learning the affections of Christ

    My challenge from the Lord: lean in and listen. While I want to read yet another book on the affections of Christ that draws me in devotionally, the Spirit has challenged me to lean in myself and write out what I am learning. Be brave. Read more

  • The affections of Christ

    We approach Lent and that is always a reflective time for me. Yet, as we draw in, I am struck by a hunger that keeps calling me… and I keep ignoring. Read more

  • Where the Kingdom is found

    The Gospel reading this past Sunday was Luke 6:17-26. It’s a place in Jesus’ teaching where you are to be warned: “Buckle up, buttercup.” Read more

  • Love in the Jesus Tradition

    Nijay Gupta has this quote from Howard Thurman on the love of Christ: The religion of Jesus says to the disinherited: “Love your enemy. Take the initiative in seeking ways by which you can have an experience of the common sharing of mutual worth and value. It may be hazardous, but you must do it. Read more

  • What can you do? Share the TRUTH

    One of the organizations I have been associated with through two sources over the past years posted about the recent freeze of government grants that has affected their ministry to local refugees. In a haze of lobbing cultural and political grenades, it’s important to work to understand just how drastic actions have devastating impacts on… Read more

  • To pray honest prayers

    This was from a recent Renovare newsletter: Feeling overwhelmed, exasperated, enraged? Read more

  • The temptation to “multitask”

    Psalm 27:4 — “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek…” Read more

  • The public square and Christian voices

    I am grateful for solid Christian thinkers and communicators who stand in the public square to bring solid comment to our current cultural messes. Read more

  • We learned to tell cheap lies

    I am not good with poetry. It is difficult to read. If I hear it, I begin to understand. Read more