Abide in Me

Here is my Bible study (Lectio Divina: Divine Reading) for today. I hope it encourages you as it does me. Lectio: Abide in me, and I in you. — John 15:4. Meditatio: Dwell in me as I in you. The indwelling Christ is first. As He lives in us and …

Forgiveness as a Gift to Self

Perhaps its the cynic in me but I get tired of forgiveness as being something for me. “Forgiveness is my ability to …

The School of the Small

His master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you …

The Bible and the Tao Te Ching: 2

The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike …

Creatures of God

Each of us has an individual greatness. God would not be our author if we were something worthless. You and I and …

What to do with Creation?

Stephen Hebert has some good comments about the non-literal understanding of the Creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2. I have long …