Soul

I am convinced you can dramatically change your life with one hour. Let me explain. We recently cut TV at our house (for a number of reasons). And in the process, I began to consider the significance of gaining even one hour back per day. I began to think about all the amazing things you can do with one hour.In one hour...You can get married.You can worship and hear a … [Read more...] about One Hour

I am finding chasing soul requires a balanced approach. Like swimming, one does not wish to flail or sink. Smooth, efficient, and steady swimming is the goal. Flailing Soul flail is me unmoored. It is frazzle. It is busyness. It is speed. Positively, my intake and output runs high. But I am cycling hot, overheating, like a boiled empty and steaming pot. Sinking Soul … [Read more...] about Soul Swim

How I fare at home says a lot about how I'm faring. Home life is a kind of soul barometer. If I am slow to serve and quick to bristle, I know my pace is off; I know my soul is thin. If chores begin to pile up, if the grass goes to seed, if the mail sits on the counter too long, I know I'm out of balance. If conversations are short, if play is unimaginative and … [Read more...] about Home Life: An Easy Way to Check My Soul

I'm chasing soul. I've been too thin too long. I've been too busy, too heady, too distracted. I need soul. I long for soul. "My soul thirsts for God, the living God." Save me from dead religion! Save me from empty theologizing. "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me." More than … [Read more...] about Chasing Soul

I knew a man who went to Mt. Rushmore as a child. He said the whole trip bored him. The drive, the gift shop, the usual rigmarole of tourism, all of it was a drain. Mt. Rushmore was a dud.But then something happened, something that changed everything: He looked up. As the day ended and his family drove away, this boy for the first time actually looked up at the mountain. He … [Read more...] about Missing God