Walter Brueggemann has a gift to bring hidden thoughts of the soul to light before God. Over the course of this fall, I wanted to share Walter Brueggemann with you every Wednesday from his book, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth. I believe his prayers, his words, are...
After witnessing Jesus heal a paralyzed man, Luke describes the people as being amazed in Luke 5:26. You can check out the whole story, here. Now the word amazed is the Greek word ekstasis, which describes someone who is displaced out of a normal state of being or...
Leif, Hershey, and I have kind of a strange movie-going tradition. Instead of zipping out after the last scene, we remain seated and watch the credits roll. Yep. All of the credits. We realize everyone played significant roles in the movie’s production, and should...
“Sometimes I think God loves the tension of the in-between. He loves what it does to us—the humility it creates within our hearts. The prayers that emerge from our spirits. The childlike cries from our innermost beings that acknowledge utmost dependence.”...
This week I’m giving away THREE copies of Sophie Hudson’s A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet. With an urge to document the hilarity of family life, Sophie began writing her blog in November 2005. Since then she has seen her blog readership grow beyond what...
