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Clear Water in the Wilderness
Last week, I wrote about silence and solitude in our walk with God. This week, on a short retreat, I had the chance to live it—and saw it more clearly. With Good Friday in view, I was struck by Jesus’ quiet endurance: his silence, his suffering, and his patient waiting. In him, we see that waiting is not empty—it reveals.
What follows is a short parable, drawn from real experience, on that kind of waiting.
Shut Up for Once!
Without silence and solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life.We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him. - Henri Nouwen, Dutch Priest and Spiritual Director
I was first confronted with the spiritual dynamite of that quotation more than 20 years ago. As a person who plays a lot of music and preaches a lot of words, I was disturbed by the truth that all my noise making wasn’t necessarily drawing me closer to the Spirit of God...
Holy Sexuality
I read and re-read the Chronicles of Narnia so many times as a kid. I’m so grateful in retrospect for those imaginative stories that are both rollicking good reads and deep sources of truth about the world. Later this year, a high-budget Hollywood film version of The Magician’s Nephew will be released. I can hardly wait...
Perfect Peace
There’s a phrase that the Bible uses in Philippians 4:7 that has always captured my imagination, “The peace that passes understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”...
A Trailblazing Adventure (The transition from SpringHill to VBS)
For the past nine years, February 14 has had a special second meaning to me and many parents in...
It’s Gonna Be Super! - Congregational Meeting, 2026
It’s gonna be an amazing Sunday for at least a couple of reasons: First, a bunch of us Americans will gather together to watch the New England Patriots play the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX (aka 60 for non Romans : ) While the Patriots will be trying become the first team with seven Super Bowl wins, I’m more excited for an entirely different reason – our annual Congregational Meeting!
This year’s meeting will contain some unprecedented good news