The Real Problem
Day 32 Don’t ignore the real problem. Sin and evil are real. And they are not something that is “out there.” They are in you and me. We each have the capacity for tremendous virtue and good, but we...
View ArticleComfortably Comfortable
Day 33 One of the greatest temptations in life is to get comfortable. In Matthew’s Gospel we read, “If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me”...
View ArticleTwo Wrestling Questions
Day 34 Life is not about getting what you want. As we rediscover Jesus and consider all that has happened in his name over the past two thousand years, one of the questions worthy of our pondering is:...
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Palm Sunday
It’s time to surrender again to God This past week I hope we all wholeheartedly embraced God’s invitation. We examined what robs us of joy, and how we see ourselves. We looked at how God might be...
View ArticleComplete Joy
Day 35 Only God can give you the joy you want. Does the Gospel offer the best path to this complete joy? If you say, no, that’s OK. I think you are wrong, but if you honestly feel that way, there is...
View ArticleThe Biggest Lie
Day 36 This is the lie: Holiness is not possible. Search your heart. Do you believe holiness is possible for you? I am not sure when or where this belief began its stranglehold on the spiritual life...
View ArticleThe Holy Moment
Day 37 Holiness is possible. If you can create just one holy moment next Monday, you can create two on Tuesday and four on Wednesday, eight on Thursday, and so on. There is no limit to the number of...
View ArticleWhat If?
Day 38 Have you ever considered the possibility that it’s all true? I’d like to suggest two exercises. First, write a what-if letter to yourself. Second, write a what-if letter to someone in your...
View ArticlePeople of Possibility
Day 39 God wants to fill you with hope so you can see the possibilities. These are trying times for people of faith. But when my heart is weary and my mind is tortured, I always return to two truths....
View ArticleAn Hour of Power
Day 40 You can learn more in an hour of silence than you can in a year from books. There are so many moving passages that we read throughout the Gospels about Jesus’ life—moments of monumental victory...
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