Meditation over Morning Coffee: Grace & the Law (ongoing)
You know that principle of synchronicity? It’s the idea that a coincidence of events can somehow seem related...
Stephen Schmidt
Come and See
It’s a bright, cold Sunday morning, and as usual, I’m sitting with my coffee trying to focus my...
Clean Your Filters!
This morning my sister-in-law Christine sent out an email regarding the importance of our thought-life that got me...
An Ox on the Sabbath
Compassion trumps correctness. Relationship is more important than being right. Over the past few weeks, my brother and...
Starting 2009 out right: “Let it Go!”
So many people I know have commented how glad they are to see 2008 in their rear-view mirror,...
A “Prospering” Soul — the Stress-Killer
My sister-in-law, Christine Schmidt, sent this email message the other day, and I thought it had some interesting insights....
Created for Impact
You were created for impact. So how did you spend your day today? The Bible teaches that God...
It’s all about Relationship
I hate disappointment. It messes me up. Especially when it’s directed at God. “What? Can God disappoint?” Sure...
Jesus and Proposition 8
Yesterday, thousands of people joined demonstrations and rallies in major cities across America to protest the passing of...
Persistence is the Locomotion between Faith and Fact
Locomotion: the ability or power to move from place to place There’s nothing more tantalizing than a half-accomplished...