Jennie Baddeley writes about the discomfort of true repentance; the process of living an examined life and how that from which we have to turn is ourselves. From the post. I dislike the assault on my pride which comes with repentance. I have sinned. I was not merely mistaken. I did not err because I …
From Jon Bloom at Desiring God. …sinful anger does not bear redemptive fruit. Rather, it leaves us with a grey, burned-over barrenness of exasperated frustration. It produces a sour feeling in the pit of our gut. Sinful anger alienates us from God. It does not move us toward acts of faith and love and true …
This is written for our local paper, The Border Watch. Lately space concerns have seen these articles crowded out of the Friday edition, but they should appear some time or another. Guess there are too many prize pumpkins, lost dogs, or the like to write about at the moment. So, I’ve been watching My Kitchen …
Zack Eswine writes about that moment when you realise you need something that God knows you need all along: This pastoral paradigm was bringing us face-to-face with an old joke in Christian circles. “Pray for anything except patience,” the joke suggests. “You don’t want to see what God will give you if you ask for …
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