Forgetting to See God

Human need is always more apparent than God's presence for the same reason that the earth always looks flat. The human need is very visible in the sickness, ...

A Two-Way Staircase

Worship is a stairway on which there is movement in two directions: God comes to man, and man goes to God.

If God Be for Us ...

Do not weigh highly who may be for you or against you. But take thought and care that God be with you in everything you do. Have a good conscience, and ...

God Intervenes

If you want a wonderful experience, take your New Testament and use a concordance to look up the two little words, "but God." See how many times ...

God Alone Is Permanent

David Lawrence--one of my favorite people; he's in heaven now--was the only non-senator who was a member of the Senate prayer breakfast. He never ...

God with Us

We cannot avoid the dangers and the reefs of which this life is full, without the real and constant help of God. Let us ask him for it without ceasing. ...

His Voice and His Touch

In the prologue to Leadership Jazz, Max DePree writes:

Esther, my wife, and I have a granddaughter named Zoe, the Greek word for life. She was born prematurely ...

The Meaning of Spiritual Health

Spiritual health is being able to walk in God's presence and enjoy him for ourselves, yet still feel the world's hurts.

God in the Commonplace

If God does not enter your kitchen, there is something wrong with your kitchen. If you can't take God into your recreation, there is something wrong ...

When God Interrupts Ministry

You find God's presence in surprising places.

The way pastors work, we easily confuse an outboard motor for the wind of the Spirit. We are God-called ...