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Henri Nouwen observed, "Dying is about giving yourself away, trusting yourself to God." Embracing the reality of our eventual death gives context t...
After his ordeal in the ocean, Jonah engaged God in a heated argument. Jonah dreamed a small dream of comfort and self-preservation. All he wanted to ...
What legacy are you leaving? How have you touched lives? How have you loved others? Henry David Thoreau wrote, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet...
"What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?" - Jesus Jesus asks the most profound questions. This maze of life is...
Ever since I was young, I've been terrified of high places. I remember a Boy Scout hiking trip to the Smoky Mountains when I was a kid. We kept gettin...
The following meditation from Buechner is profound and even disturbing. I pray that it unsettles you if you're one of those who needs to listen more c...
More on the subject of choosing your vocation from Buechner: In the year that King Uzziah died, or in the year that John F. Kennedy died, or in t...
A thought from Frederick Buechner: "It comes from the Latin vocare, to call, and means the work a man is called to by God. There are all d...
"For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.” Romans 7:18 A regular conversation I have with my middle-aged friends who ...
I ran across this little story and thought you'd enjoy it. Too many of us have confused the means and the ends in our lives. We need to consider: ...
