Soul Care
Soul care is an ever-growing relationship with God through Bible study, prayer, spiritual disciplines, and lifestyle choices.
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The Power of Loving Jesus
I’m about to release a book called Seen and Invited: Meeting Jesus on the Dusty Roads. The book walks through Jesus’s healings and interactions with people he met along the way–the blind he healed, the lepers he touched, the dead he raised. The purpose of the book is simply to help readers see Jesus’s deep Shepherd love for us and to know that love is still ours today. The book is somewhat light on practical application. So, the question is does loving Jesus and understanding Jesus’s love for me help me travel the rough paths of my life? Unfortunately, I got to test this in the past few weeks. During…
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Turning Down an Invitation
After leading a group through a book on accepting Jesus's invitation for healing and wholeness, I promptly turned down an invitation for healing and wholeness. (Sigh)
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On Being Whole
I posited in a soon-to-be-released book that Jesus longs to make us whole. The Bible doesn't explicitly talk about us being made whole, so here's my take on the idea...
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Lament and the Longest Night
Right before Christmas, we in the northern hemisphere experience the longest night, and it's a good time to bring our laments to God, admitting our doubts and hurts and fears before we celebrate Jesus's arrival.
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Buying Lamp Oil
A parable about ten virgins and lamp oil helped me think through my writing and straighten out my priorities.
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From Dry, Dormant Seeds..
As I pray for lost loved ones, God reminds me that he is working on the seeds of their faith, even dry, dormant seeds that seem to have no life in them.
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Sometimes the Cross is Real…
A short, simple pondering of the pain of reading about Jesus's crucifixion now that I know Him better.
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The Power of the Pause
After finding a phone app called The One-Minute Pause by John Eldredge and the Wild at Heart Team, I pondered the wisdom of the pause and many ways to incorporate holy pauses into my daily rhythm.
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The Power of Thoughts and Words
Defeating anxiety depends on controlling our thought life. 1 Thessalonians 5 gives us some concrete ways to do that: rejoice, pray, and give thanks. Why isn't it that easy?
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Don’t Be Afraid
True Confessions. When I read Don’t be afraid or Fear not in the Bible, I think of Jesus standing with his hands on his hips, frowning, scolding me. I mean, it’s a command, and it’s a command I break with frightening regularity, so Jesus is disappointed with me, right? Maybe angry? Someone recently helped me see these commands in a different light, and I want to share that light with you. (Thank you Carrie Mars for your devotion Calm Your Anxious Mind.) Picture the scene. You’re in bed in the dark, and a storm is raging outside. Wind pelts the house and rhythmically slaps rain against the windows. Shadows from…
