Go Back In · Week 4 · Friday All week the choice has belonged to people reaching up for a seat. Today it belongs to the one already sitting in it. He had the authority for real — not a…
From the Head of the Table
The Yoke Breaks
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 3 · Tuesday The Yoke Breaks He had been trying to beat it on willpower for fifteen years, and losing the whole time. For him it was the temper. The flash of anger that comes…
Restore, in gentleness.
The Spirit-Filled Life · Week 1 · Thursday When the Rules Run Out For eighteen years he had been the one who made the rules and made them stick. Bedtimes, screens, who was driving, what time the door opened. It…
The Light They Can See
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Wednesday The Light They Can See Nobody at his work knows him as the religious guy. He never made it his thing. He does not corner people by the coffee machine. He…
The Morning Blessing
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Tuesday The Morning Blessing Every morning before anyone else is up, he sits at the kitchen table with his Bible and his coffee. Just him and the quiet and the first light…
Won Without a Word
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Monday Won Without a Word His wife is not where he is with God, and it has been the quiet ache of his marriage for years. He came back to faith hard…
Meet Nicodemus
Get Up and Walk · Week 5 · Sunday Meet Nicodemus Nicodemus had everything to lose. He was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, the ruling council. He was respected, established, careful, the kind of man who had…
The Knock
Get Up and Walk · Week 4 · Tuesday The Knock He lost his temper at his sixteen-year-old yesterday. It was not a big thing, as these things go. The kid had left the garage door open overnight again, after…
The Only Future He Could See
Seven Statements from the Cross • Week 7 • Wednesday Statement VII • Luke 23:46 • Scott, 22, young adult “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to…
Only Jesus
Stumble Up • Personal Reflection Only Jesus • A 6:15am moment I did not see coming “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as…