All the way my Savior leads me;
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
All the way my Savior leads [...]

After being in Memphis for a week, we returned home last night. So, so nice, especially to breathe Colorado mountain air. In Memphis, I felt as if I were breathing hot water. I’ve been working my way through your missed blogs, but since I am still in a traveling stupor, I shall not write a [...]

Ever think “I can’t wait until this is over and life gets back to normal?” Here’s what C.S. Lewis has to say about that:
The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one’s own or real life. The truth is, of course, that what one calls the [...]

Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,
Waiting for Thy gracious word,
Longing for Thy voice that cheereth;
Master! let it now be heard.
I am listening, Lord, for Thee:
What hast Thou to say to me?
Speak to me by name, O Master,
Let me know it is to me;
Speak, that I may follow faster,
With a step more firm and free,
Where the Shepherd [...]

This new “spirituality,” unlike traditional “religion,” makes no demands, has no moral restrictions, and helps us feel good about ourselves. We get the good parts of religion–a sense of meaning, mystical experience, and life after death–without what Flannery O’Connor called “the sweat and stink of the cross.” –Dr. Gene Edward Veith, in the July 2007 [...]

Making your own custom flavor of ice cream is easy when you start with a carton of ice cream from your freezer. Here’s an example; the varieties are endless!
2 pints vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1/2 cup plus 2 Tbsp. shredded sweetened coconut, toasted
5 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
2 small bananas, cut into 1/2-in chunks
To toast [...]

Stubbornness is an unintelligent barrier, refusing enlightenment and blocking its flow. The only thing to do with this barrier of stubbornness is to blow it up with “dynamite,” and the “dynamite” is obedience to the Holy Spirit. –Oswald Chambers
I’ve heard people boast of being stubborn, like it’s an admirable quality. Perhaps that’s the “unintelligent [...]

Compassionate Lord,
Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn
of another day,
Vain will be its gift unless I grow in grace, increase in knowledge,
ripen for spiritual harvest.
Let me this day know thee as thou art,
love thee supremely,
serve thee wholly,
admire thee fully.
Through grace let my will respond to thee,
Knowing that power to obey is not in me, [...]

Breathe on me, breath of God,
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what Thou dost love,
And do what Thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
Until my heart is pure,
Until with Thee I will one will,
To do and to endure.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
Blend all my soul with Thine,
Until this earthly part of [...]

I’m reading Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, edited by by John Piper and Wayne Grudem. In it, John Piper says that today freedom is
…judged on the basis of immediate sensations of unrestrained license or independence. But true freedom takes God’s reality and God’s purpose for creation into account and [...]