A double rainbow arches across a wooded mountain and the grassy valley at its base.

Profound forgiven-ness

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

A man with lantern looks very tiny, standing under a vast night sky filled with stars.

Before the face of God

An upstart named Elijah stood before Ahab, Israel’s king. Elijah had no credentials that would have impressed Ahab. First Kings 17:1 describes him simply as, “Elijah, who was from Tishbe…

Woman with yellow bag, walking on path, has reached a crossroads.

The blessing of an undivided heart

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  • Post last modified:March 13, 2024

One weekend in March 2012, I met with a small group eager to seek what God wanted to show us through Elijah’s life and times. None of us has been…

Closeup of woman's hands with pink nail polish, as she writes with a fountain pen on notebook paper.

Mastering the language in which you write

Don't count this aspect of writing as less than spiritual - or anything less than crucial. Work hard to master the English language, depending on Christ's mighty power that works within you.

In the dark, as the sun peeks over the horizon, a woman in an evening gown stands by a lake, playing violin.

Miracle book: The Elijah Blessing

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  • Post last modified:October 23, 2024

God gave me an impossible task, a delightful task, and he went before me to make the way.

Shaft of sunlight on a yard bordered by towering trees
These lithe, towering trees would dance wildly in the wind.

Cradled or caught?

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  • Post last modified:December 11, 2023

What I learned from a bent tree - cradled, or caught, by another tree.

Communion cup and plate - of blue-and-tan pottery - sit on a round tray in a green outdoor setting. On the plate lies a round, unleavened cracker, broken in two.

The no-leaven life

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  • Post last modified:May 8, 2025

He who died in our behalf is risen. As we trust solely in his broken body and the new covenant in his blood, we too become alive in ways we could never otherwise hope to be.

Faded black-and-white of four Union soldiers from the Seventy-Seventh Pennsylvania regiment (with one on horseback), outside Shiloh Church at the time of the battle
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.”

Shiloh

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  • Post last modified:March 16, 2024

“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.” April…

Purple lion tattoo on Deborah's right upper arm

ROAR

"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight. At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more. When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death. And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."