Posts with the category “christian-life”

Space.What image or sense does that word conjure for you?I see a large expanse of Southwestern sky, far more spirited than the quiet tableland over which it hovers. I envision a wide meadow dotted by tiny grass flowers and flanked by woods—a clearing. A breathing, open space.Space engenders freedom, peace, and possibility.I recently stumbled upon an article in a design journal about white space. T...  Read More

1 John 1:5-7This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.Sometimes we think wha...  Read More

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”– Dale CarnegieIsn’t this the truth? We all hope to be there (wherever there is for each one of us). Yet, on the journey towards that goal there are unexpected stops, things that waylay us and circumstances that don’t cooperate with our plans.To each of us who...  Read More

“Hurt people hurt people” — a concept we’ve all heard yet haven’t truly understood its impact. We say that the church is a hospital for the broken, but do not actually foster space for God’s divine healing. Instead we find ourselves, the sick patients, playing doctor, providing false and inaccurate treatment for brokenness.Growing up as an Adventist Christian, I recall numerous of times where my s...  Read More