The seasons when the well ran dry and I had to decide whether I still believed the verse this whole site is named after.
A Context for the Experience of Weariness “The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. All streams run to the sea, but…
Recently, my thoughts have been gravitating towards the sobering reality of Romans 8:22: “For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.” The context is the subjection of all creation to futility—that there is suffering in this present time. The word “groaning” is such an accurate…
I have had a long hiatus from blogging. It has been a busy summer. I think if you made a word cloud of my life, BUSY would certainly dominate the landscape. It’s been (mostly) good busy though. We have moved twice and the kids have been in 3 schools in the last year. We finally…
35 “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.” – Luke 12:35-36 For me, and I think many others, the hard…