When I told him it’s about self-control, saying “no” to yourself…his lips pursed and his eyes stayed on the floor. Pleadingly, anger just under the buckling cellar door, I say: “You feel like screaming and hitting me, but it’s not okay to do those things. Do you understand?” Chin out and trembling, he looks up, [...]
From The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions: Heavenly Father, Thou hast led me singing to the cross where I fling down all my burdens and see them vanish, where my mountains of guilt are leveled to a plain, where my sins disappear, though they are the greatest that exist, and [...]
* In the interest of full disclosure, most of this post is me reflecting what I gleaned this weekend from the fantastic speakers. The last portion, in particular, is credited to Josh Harris’ talk, “Forgiven to Forgive” available for download soon. (get ready…this might feel like a sermon…) In a quiet hotel room in Reston, [...]
Truthfully, I inhaled. On the blacktopped road, late spring, early evening, I rolled windows down, drew in the honeysuckled air and felt alive. I could have been 7 or 70 or any number of years in between. There’s just something about 75 degrees, blowing in through the car window at dusk. I joke that I’m [...]
