Have you ever had the experience of receiving something so lavish, so spectacular, that you didn’t quite know how to respond? This happened to me recently when a loved one unexpectedly gave me an incredibly generous gift. While my main emotion upon receiving it was joy and gratitude, I also struggled with guilt and shame. [...]
Discipleship has many stages. Like in marriage, we go from infancy to maturity only if we’re willing to become “one” with our partner. It requires a “letting go” of our individuality so we can embrace a new identity together. Married couples who continue to live like singles never experience what the bond is intended to [...]
We’ve often heard how Christianity differs from other world faiths—"It’s a relationship, not a religion.” While this is a glorious truth, how many of us believe it? Or, to put it better, how many of us ACT AS IF we believe it? Most of us express our faith in Jesus by duties we perform. We [...]
Adventuring with God 