Everything in your life is dependent upon my boundless love. Indecisive faith and wavering hope concerning my love will dilute your experience and expression of my abundant life. As a direct result your walk in my Spirit’s fire, power and giftedness

"It cost God plenty to get you and me out of that dead-end, empty-headed life we grew up in." Is the price Jesus paid for you and me enough? Do you feel that you need to add your (good intentioned) efforts-kind of like the “Cross of Calvary”, plus yo

Contagious: communicable by contact, catching, exciting similar emotions or conduct (i.e. your enthusiasm is contagious)
Will those I come in contact with today catch love from me? Will my presence be communicable with love? Will my loving character e

Following are some words from Papa’s heart that are imperative if we are to make it through these difficult days. When received, they will strengthen you for whatever the journey has for you. All of creation is groaning for the sons and daughters of

Brennan Manning loved to refer to the Gospel as the Ragamuffin Gospel. I always liked that. Here’s why. I didn’t come to Jesus with any piety or with the veil of religious performance. I was completely surprised when I encountered Jesus. He was total

What are some of the things you would fight for? Even more poignant; what would you gladly die for? Paul said; ‘I die daily’ so that the mystery of the Gospel will be shared with all generations and nations. For too many, physically and emotionally f

“To be at ease is to be unsafe.” Pope John XXIII When one is not listening; one is at ease and is not awakening. Awakening to what? “Sanctify them in the truth, Thy Word is truth.” John 17:17 Whatever Jesus has to say about any and every thing: our d

Heart Seminary

"I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer...Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are

Do you hear what I hear? Is your heart strangely warmed within you--like the men who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus right after he was raised from the dead? Or like Francis of Assisi have you heard the ‘call’ to walk away from the riches and

What mental destinations do you visit most often? Or maybe this would be an easier way for you to measure. Where does your ‘self’ talk invite you to go? Self talk captures more of our attention than we realize: conservatively, maybe forty percent. S

Are you feeling overwhelmed or downcast? Is the drama of those around you drowning out your own? Do you feel that the narrative of your life story is unfair and unheard? If you are anything like me, many voices; both good and bad are screaming for yo

Nurtured by the Right Question

Wrong questions are the breeding ground of doubt, despair and unbelief. I know; I’ve asked the wrong questions for almost sixty years. But, in the midst of those questions mercy, grace, atonement and the answer burst its

Be Strengthened

Following are some words from Papa’s heart that are imperative if we are to make it through these difficult days. When received, they will strengthen you for whatever the journey has for you. All of creation is groaning for the sons an

Reconciliation in the ICU

This is a very recent and true story from a dear friend…

My dad had a brain aneurysm a few days ago, and here is an update. They think it was a vein and not an artery, but haven't confirmed that yet.  They are doing another an

Picture this: The stage is set; the game is on! You are more than a mere spectator who is detached from the action and watching from the seeming safety of the grand-stands. You are standing on the field; in the readied position, opposite each other i

Nurtured by Practicing Love

Practice is the only way to improve at anything. The word “practice” means “learning by repetition“. What you prioritize and practice; with repetitive action, will be mastered in time. If we take an honest, soul searching p

Here’s to Hoping

Too many of us have lived our lives suffering in a silent, shameful prison of hopeless despair. When we tried to hope--our hopes were always deferred. Hope for us was a mirage; one which was continually being pushed into an elusive, u