The term “mercy triumphs over judgement” is more than a nice saying – it’s a promise. If you show mercy, you will not be judged.
Loving the Ones In Front of Us
It’s easy to love our friends or the neighbors we don’t see very often. But God wants us to love the people who are right in front of us – our family, etc.
The Sanitized Experience
Many national parks are beginning to give visitors a “sanitized” visitor experience. We must not fall for living a “sanitized” version of the gospel.
To Love Well
Everything God did was done in love because He is, at his very nature, love. With His Spirit within us, we can also be motivated by love.
Asset or Addiction?
The wilderness can be an asset to us – helping us focus and find peace in God – or it can be an addiction where we live for it rather than God
The Tiniest Details
We tend to think of God as an almighty being. That’s not inaccurate. He created the world, He sees everything that happens, and he is alive and active in world affairs even to this day. (That doesn’t mean that evil…
Understanding Nature via God
I find it interesting – though not surprising – that many of the early conservationists knew God and saw Him in creation. John Muir wrote to a friend, “Aye, my lassie, it is a blessed thing to go free in…
Authorized Vehicles Only!
The other day, I was walking through a local park when I came to a sign next to a gate. “Authorized Vehicles Only,” said the sign. Without a second thought, I walked around the gate and continued on my hike.…
Psalm 65
Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion;to you our vows will be fulfilled.You who answer prayer,to you all people will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins,you forgave our transgressions.Blessed are those you chooseand bring near to live in your…
Acing the Test, Part 4
Joseph aced many tests in his life. From belief in the face of obstacles to faithfulness when everything was going wrong, he managed somehow to hold on to what God had told him and watch it come to pass. I’m…