I used to tell a story when I was younger. A simple story I’d heard about having faith in the seemingly random will of God. As the story goes… A young man asks God how he can serve Him. In … Read More
Mel and I sat beside her tent, listening to the roar of the Grey Wolf River and talking about our work as wilderness therapy field guides. It had been a rough shift with hike strikes, unmedicated ADHD, and struggling new … Read More
My religious upbringing taught me that the purpose of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and resurrection from the grave was, through propitiation, to make a personal relationship with the Divine Father possible for me. All I had to do was … Read More
It didn’t work. Henri set out to write a book that would inspire a true desire in his friend, Fred, to pursue the spiritual life, but Fred kindly explained that he had failed to do so. While he wrote beautifully … Read More
We began this journey through Henri Nouwen’s book, Life of the Beloved, asking, “What does it mean to be the Beloved of Jehovah?” and, “What is it that keeps us trapped in sin when we already know the truth of … Read More
We will not live forever, so why do we walk this path? Why do we seek wholeness and serenity if it’s all just going to end one day? All those hours of meditation, journaling, and prayer. All those church services, … Read More
Have you ever left a job or a relationship, or put down a project that looked fine from the outside but you just couldn’t do it anymore? And maybe when you finally walked away you couldn’t quite put your finger … Read More
“Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it … Read More
When my life was wrecked by cancer and divorce in the same year, I seriously began to question the justice of God. When my pastor insisted that in His sovereignty God was the author of both my faith and my … Read More
The old lady next to me had been battling cancer for 10 years, but she wasn’t giving up the fight just yet. Side by side in our chemo chairs, we got to talking about how some people can smoke a … Read More