Suffering Love

4/14/15

Category: Devotionals

As Believers we are called to “rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Rom 12:15, ESV). It is easy for us to celebrate with those who are joyful, jealousy and envy aside. But to sympathetically mourn with those who are suffering is to slow down and show love. This suffering love is a testimony to the world that we are who we say we are—imitators of Jesus. Christ said to his followers, “Buy this all people will know that you’re my disciples, if you have a love for one another” (Jn 13:35, ESV). This commandment to love is saturated in suffering. Just prior to this pericope Jesus talks to his disciples about betrayal. Following He foretells He will be denied. Clearly, we are to love as He loved, which is to suffer with those who suffer.

From the Ashes We Rise

1/20/23

Category: Art, Beauty, Cinema, Devotionals, Family, Friendship, Gospel, JESUS, Literature, Morality, Music, Nature, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Polity, Prayers, Psychology, Science and Religion, Scripture, Service, Short Stories, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology

Yes, My Friends, This multi-faceted, multi-challenging, multi-year project is finally complete. With 120 poems, 70 prose, and 10 short stories–that will simultaneously stretch and encourage you–From the Ashes We Rise is a literary force to be read and reckoned with. This book seamlessly weaves Arts and Apologetics all throughout its 556 pages. See why From…

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Assessing “Ego Manifestation Goals” (EMGs)

9/12/22

Category: Devotionals, Morality, Psychology, Scripture, Spiritual Formation, Suffering, Theology

The reason EMGs are so destructive, no matter how great the accomplishments, is because the person who is unaware of who she really is, sadly, is merely a shell of a person like an oyster that creates a pearl from an irritation inside itself. No matter how many layers of beautiful minerals that give it its shiny iridescence, it’s still a foreign object to itself at the core of itself. Perhaps Socrates was right: “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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The Best Version of Yourself

5/27/22

Category: Devotionals, JESUS, Morality, Psychology, Spiritual Formation

We need to hear and heed this NOW more than EVER! Be kind. Be understanding. People are fragile, whether they show it or not. Learn to recognize the frightened child in everyone by listening rather than speaking. Just as you were when you were a child—afraid of failure—you will undoubtedly be tempted as an adult…

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