Delay. Avoidance. Trouble thinking. Why is it that the most important things seem so difficult to start? I find myself this morning with a heart-urge to write and a rusty response from the rest of my body. I have effectively stalled from what I said I wanted to do for the last 5 minutes… Maybe […]

Okay, I said I’d write about this listening thing, so here we go. On my mind today is the reckless nature of listening to God. As a friend and I just talked about earlier, it’s the kind of put-yourself-out-there, all-on-the-line, I’m-standing-on-a-ledge, dear-Jesus-please-tell-me-there’s-something-after-this-ledge-to-catch-me kind of reckless. But it’s not just any kind of reckless. (Hey, anyone […]

So a few months back, I wrote about a thoughtful article that focused on the missional component of the current Syrian situation. Thanks to a Facebook friend who shared this article, I definitely received good food for thought and action. The fact is that the events unfolding before us are a gateway to several opportunities […]