Here, then, is the clue to our erratic life patterns, our inconstancy, our unfaithfulness, our stupid inability to distinguish between fashion and faith: we don't rise up early and listen to God. We don't daily find a time apart from the crowd, a time of silence and solitude, for preparing for the day's journey. "A very original man," says Garry Wills, "must shape his life, make a schedule that allows him to reflect, and study, and create." Jeremiah had a defined priority: persistently rising early, he listened to … [Read more...] about The One Thing Needful (Lent 2019)
Jeremiah
Living Mid-Story (Lent 2019)
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations." - Jeremiah 1:5 Before Jeremiah knew God, God knew Jeremiah. . . . We are known before we know. This realization has a practical result: no longer do we run here and there, panicked and anxious, searching for the answers to life. Our lives are not puzzles to be figured out. Rather, we come to God, who knows us and reveals to us the truth of our lives. The fundamental mistake is to begin … [Read more...] about Living Mid-Story (Lent 2019)
God of an Orderly Universe (Scholar’s Compass)
Quotation Jeremiah 33:25-26 (see below) Reflection Biologists study life processes – perhaps we should be astounded by a world in which we can study! … [Read more...] about God of an Orderly Universe (Scholar’s Compass)
How are you voting?
Today is Election Day in the United States. How are you voting? I don't mean for which candidate or party are you voting, but how are you voting? Enthusiastically? Reluctantly? Cynically? During this election season, I have been reading (very slowly) through the book of Jeremiah —not because of an intentional connection to politics, but because our Faculty Ministry team has been took a close look at Jeremiah 29 over the summer, particularly God's word to Judah as the Babylonians were about to take the nation into … [Read more...] about How are you voting?