
Preparing for Lent: Giving Up Hard-heartedness
March 1st — 11th Email Hard-heartedness is another form of bondage. Carrying around a steady stream of resentment and anger is a spiritual prison cell. That is part of the […]
March 1st — 11th Email Hard-heartedness is another form of bondage. Carrying around a steady stream of resentment and anger is a spiritual prison cell. That is part of the […]
February 28th — 10th Email Some of us can be imprisoned by feelings of guilt that lurk at the edge of our consciousness. Once again, the key here is to […]
February 27th — 9th Email The same strategy for claiming freedom that I described in my last email in relation to feeling depressed can also be used with the oppression […]
February 26th — 8th Email It is very important to note the difference between “thoughts” and “feelings” and the relationship they have to one another. To a large extent we […]
February 25th — 7th Email I have a friend who, although not clinically depressed has suffered as many of us do from an inclination towards a feeling state of depression. […]
A Sermon preached on February 24th, 2019 based upon Luke 6:27-38. Let’s remind ourselves of what proceeds what we just heard: Jesus once more goes apart to pray, this time […]
February 24th — 6th Email One of the reasons that throughout history going into the wilderness has been used as a spiritual practice is that it brings to consciousness our […]
February 23rd — 5th Email Often people add practices to their daily routines during Lent. I am hoping that you will make reading my daily emails such a routine. By […]
February 22nd — 4th Email In the story of creation in Genesis 1 it declares that of all God’s creatures we alone are made in the image of God. Scientists […]
February 21st — 3rd Email I’ve been suggesting that one way to understand Lent is as an opportunity to broaden our personal sense of freedom as God’s beloved children. The […]