“Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”” – John 20:28 Jesus said to her, ‘Give Me a drink’” (John 4:7). How many of us are expecting Jesus Christ to quench our thirst when we should be satisfying Him! We should be pouring out our lives, investing our total beings, not drawing on Him to […]
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#03 My Utmost: The Call of the Natural Life
“But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being,” – Galatians 1:15-16 The call of God is not a call to […]
#02 My Utmost: The Voice of the Nature of God
“Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom shall I send as a messenger to my people? Who will go?” And I said, “Lord, I’ll go! Send me.”” – Isaiah 6:8, The Living Bible When we talk about the call of God, we often forget the most important thing, namely, the nature of Him who calls. […]
#8 Christmas 2013: The Widening Circle of Care, Justice and Hope
Readings: Luke 2: 1-20; Matthew 2: 1-12 When I read the two, almost mutually exclusive accounts of Christmas Eve and day, in Luke 2 and Matthew 2, it seems to me I see a widening circle of care, justice and hope. It is interesting to me that for millennia, we have combined the two accounts in our […]
#7 Christmas 2013: Hope in Full Circle
“Un caminar de rio que se curva, avanza, retrocede, da un rodeo y llega siempre.”—A course of a river that turns, moves on, doubles back and comes full circle, forever arriving.(Octavio Paz) This is my second Christmas as a full-time church worker and full-time student. So one would presume that I have template “hope amidst […]