Another lovely hidden treasure found scattered across the pages of the New Testament is found four times in Paul’s letter…
In our readings this week in our New Testament Immerse Bibles, in Paul’s letter to the Colossians, I stumbled upon…
While reading Paul’s letter to the Romans this week, I came upon another hidden treasure, a word that comes up…
One of the hidden treasures found in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians is found in chapter five, verse 22: the…
(Note: This blog post is an edited and updated version of a previous blog post found at Cannon Beach Log…
One of the hidden treasures of amazing words in Paul’s second letter to the Church in Corinth is the word…
As I read through the Immerse–Messiah New Testament, I’ve stumbled upon amazing jewels of words, like walking into an alpine…
Another vital way to grow deeper in Christ is to immerse your life in God’s Word by regularly reading the…
As you may know, my wife and I love walking. Every year, for the past two decades, our annual vacation…
Perhaps you’ve asked yourself sometime recently, “How can I grow deeper in my life in Christ?” Richard Foster, in his…
On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the…
In Peter Scazzero’s book The Emotionally Healthy Leader, chapter 3, he explores how either being married or being single impacts…
From Cloud Devotion, JUNE 28 When Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs…
Cloud Devotion: June 25 and 26 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it…
In The Farthest Shore, the third book of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy, Ged makes a key life change…
I began reading a book by Peter Scazzero this past week titled The Emotionally Healthy Leader. I will participate in…
The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship.Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they…
As I wrote in a blog post on May 11, 2020, one of the classic contemplative spiritual disciplines from ancient…
We were gathered around a campfire, singing Pete Seeger’s song “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a song he wrote in the late…
When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting.…
One of the classic contemplative spiritual disciplines from ancient times is writing a “Rule of Life” or spiritual guidelines for…
Pictures of Spiritual Direction: Gregory’s Pastoral Care Spiritual direction is a contemplative spiritual discipline that calls us into an intentional…
Let nothing disturb you,Let nothing frighten you,All things are passing.God never changes.Patienceobtains all things.Whoever has Godlacks nothing.God is enough. In…
Solitude Reflections When I sit alone in solitude and reflect upon my life, my mind often goes to the edge…