A Christmas Heart: Made to Move 6
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ~ Ezekiel 36:26
Remember the…
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ~ Ezekiel 36:26
Remember the…
The Rhythm of Rest: Made to Move 5
So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God’s rest also cease from their labors as God did from his. Let us therefore make every effort to enter…
So then, a sabbath rest still remains for the people of God; for those who enter God’s rest also cease from their labors as God did from his. Let us therefore make every effort to enter…
God, the Good Listener: Made to Move 4
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,…
Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,…
This Way Out: Made to Move 3
No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out…
No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out…
We the Temple: Made to Move 2
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God…
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God…
The Heartbeat of Life: Made to Move 1
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,…
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,…
Created not Constructed: Made to Move from the Beginning
Read Psalm 139:1-18.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully…
Read Psalm 139:1-18.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully…
Made to Move for Advent: What is a Body Good for?
What good is a body?
Hey, rather than chastising it for what it can no longer do, rebuking it for the extra pounds it holds onto or its irritating tendency to forget…
What good is a body?
Hey, rather than chastising it for what it can no longer do, rebuking it for the extra pounds it holds onto or its irritating tendency to forget…
What's Your Message?
Use your words. That’s what I told my young kids when they were on the verge of a tantrum and I wanted to walk them back from the ledge. I wanted to help them find their words so we could work on…
Use your words. That’s what I told my young kids when they were on the verge of a tantrum and I wanted to walk them back from the ledge. I wanted to help them find their words so we could work on…
Can Your Body Be a Way to Grow Closer to God?
The more I learn about the human body the more miraculous it becomes to me. Some people say that science and faith are incompatible; I can’t imagine them being separated.…
The more I learn about the human body the more miraculous it becomes to me. Some people say that science and faith are incompatible; I can’t imagine them being separated.…
What is Written in the Law?
Even experts in the law have questions...
“On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
What is written…
Even experts in the law have questions...
“On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
What is written…
Living A Life That Seeks
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who…
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who…
How Are We to Live?
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on…
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on…
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Life
By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
~ Genesis 3:19
In the…
By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
~ Genesis 3:19
In the…
More than Words
"WORDS carry much spiritual power," says Trevor Hudson in Pauses for Lent: 40 Words for 40 Days.
Yes, they do. They are loaded with potential energy, either anabolic or catabolic: they either build…
"WORDS carry much spiritual power," says Trevor Hudson in Pauses for Lent: 40 Words for 40 Days.
Yes, they do. They are loaded with potential energy, either anabolic or catabolic: they either build…
What does my life say about what I believe?
The day I tell people I'm a believer in God and a follower of Christ, people are looking at my life for proof. (and dis-proof)
So, I have to ask myself, what are the ways…
The day I tell people I'm a believer in God and a follower of Christ, people are looking at my life for proof. (and dis-proof)
So, I have to ask myself, what are the ways…
I am stillest when I am moving my fastest
Sometimes I am at my stillest when I am moving my fastest.
This admission can be uncomfortable because hustle and bustle gets a bad wrap these days. Everybody wants to tell…
Sometimes I am at my stillest when I am moving my fastest.
This admission can be uncomfortable because hustle and bustle gets a bad wrap these days. Everybody wants to tell…
The hardest-easy thing we ever have to do: ask for what we need
So many of us don't ask for what we need.
Perhaps because when we risk making a request, we're met by a world that asks, "Do you really need that?" or "Is…
So many of us don't ask for what we need.
Perhaps because when we risk making a request, we're met by a world that asks, "Do you really need that?" or "Is…
What Are You Made to Do?
Structure implies function. This may be the simplest answer key to the hardest test question ever written: what are you made for?
Every year, I began the college course I taught in Anatomy…
Structure implies function. This may be the simplest answer key to the hardest test question ever written: what are you made for?
Every year, I began the college course I taught in Anatomy…
How to Kick Writer's Block to the Curb
Is writer's block even real?
I don’t know if there is hard science to support the existence of writer’s block, but “just try harder” works approximately no one.
There are, however,…
Is writer's block even real?
I don’t know if there is hard science to support the existence of writer’s block, but “just try harder” works approximately no one.
There are, however,…
A Life Story: the Grandma Questionnaire
As our treasured elders grow older, their remembering of recent days may become difficult and perhaps frustrating. But their memories of yesterday and yesteryear are often crystal…
As our treasured elders grow older, their remembering of recent days may become difficult and perhaps frustrating. But their memories of yesterday and yesteryear are often crystal…