Quote My mind goes to that battle a few chapters ago… where Saul uttered his curse? Against any who ate or drank before the enemy was defeated.
Category Archives: Listening-Obedience
The Dream, the Lie, and the Shepherd
From Kelekis Restaurant to the freedom of listening-obedience. The Song In Brief When I was sixteen, my future wife and I sat together in Kelekis Restaurant in Winnipeg, dreaming aloud about getting married and having twenty children. I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I didn’t have a career inContinue reading “The Dream, the Lie, and the Shepherd”
The Same Voice
A young lifeguard’s decision to treat little children and enormous weightlifters with equal dignity becomes a lifelong lesson in marriage, parenting, church relationships, and the exercise of loving authority.
Rightly dividing the Word
What does it mean to rightly handle God’s Word? Reflecting on theological disagreements, prosperity teaching, the dangers of expertise, and my own desire for significance, I wrestle with the difference between knowing Scripture and living it. Perhaps the greatest danger isn’t ignorance or education, but knowing God’s Word while missing the One to whom it points.
Feelings
Do I have to feel like doing something before I can do it faithfully? Reflecting on Eugene Peterson, James 1, and Hebrews 5, I consider the difference between following my feelings and acting in obedience to God. Sometimes faithfulness means moving forward despite uncertainty, trusting that discernment grows through practice and that obedience can lead us beyond ourselves to love others.
Listening and Doing
A chance encounter with an elderly passenger, a spelling game, and a poem I’d printed the night before. I’m still wondering about the significance of what happened. Hebrews speaks of discernment being trained through constant practice, and perhaps that includes learning to listen to the people God places along our way.
