“Cruciform self-giving is the distinctive dimension of holiness.”- Michael Gorman “A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.”- Isaiah 42:3 In Chapter 6 (“What’s Even Better than a Bucket List”) of The Broken Way, Ann Voskamp confesses her daily need to re-member koinonia. That daily process enables […]
“If we find ourselves constantly waiting on God to bring us into another season of blessing, it may be that the initial blessing only came to reveal how addicted to blessings we have become.”- Wayne Stiles As Dr. Wayne Stiles continues Chapter 3 of Waiting on God, he stresses the huge difference between waiting on […]
“You did not choose me, but I chose you.”- John 15:16 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.”- John 6:44 “You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you,” said the Lion.- C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair In Chapter 7 (“Removing One […]
“Holding God responsible for our pain is as unproductive as it is unwise.”- June Hunt June Hunt begins Chapter 11 (“Blindsided by a God-sized Boulder: ‘Oh God, How Could You Do This?’ “) of How to Forgive by noting that the vast majority of wounded people don’t allow their bitterness to consume them. However, many […]