If I’m trying to call someone and I’m only one number off, I won’t get the person I’m trying to call, no matter how many times I try and how sincere I am. In my life it has been easy to think I’m going to connect with God just because I’m being spiritual. There’s God’s… Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking a lot about relationships. I have a God-shaped void that people cannot fill. But I also have a people-shaped void that God cannot fill. Broken, as-is, messed up people, just like me. People who eat Twinkies and pizza instead of broccoli and salad without dressing. People who get on my nerves and… Continue Reading
Earthly places of worship are only shadows, models of true worship. True worship happens in the heart between God and me, wherever I am and whenever I feel the desire. Under the Jewish law shadows and models of worship were purchased with the blood of animals. Today in America they’re purchased with money. But Jesus… Continue Reading
We live in a broken world filled with broken people. Where people die and betray one another and fall out over petty misunderstandings and go on diets but don’t lose weight. Where long held dreams don’t come to pass and our best plans fail. Sometimes it all piles up at once and we fall into… Continue Reading
What language did Adam and Eve speak? We assume it was probably Hebrew. It’s also likely that everyone from Adam to Noah spoke Hebrew. (No, I’m not implying that you have to speak Hebrew if you want to talk to God.) Then something happened. The people decided to build a city and a tower that… Continue Reading