I haven’t posted for quite some time. There are two reasons for that. Reason Number One: I was in Ireland the first part of April, returning home April 17. It was a wonderful trip. The highlight arrived on a day I wandered by St. Paul’s Church on Arron Quay (pronounced key) in Dublin and sought […]
God is Holy, and I am not. He is the pure, intense fire that I see in the fireplace downstairs, and I am corrupted by sin in my natural self. If I come to close to Him, I will burn up. His Son, Jesus Christ is Holy, and I am not. He came to earth […]
Yesterday, my wife and I went to Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis with good friends. I’ve been there many times before but have never sat in the balcony. For the first time, I could see the entire orchestra, how it’s arranged, and every single musician and instrument. The first tier of musicians and instruments is the […]
Do you know Jesus? Do you really know Him – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in that place you call “me”? Do you know Him there? Do you see Him in every nook and cranny? Do you hear Him in the […]
Rise, let us go away from here. John 14:31 In this chapter, Jesus tells me all about Himself and the Holy Spirit, as He speaks to the 12 apostles reclining around the table at the Last Supper. I am in the lower level of our townhome sitting in front of the fireplace, soon to rise […]
“Do you know Me?” says the Lord. “Do you really know Me – in an intimate way? Not as a thought in your mind but as a presence in your innermost being, in the place you call ‘me.’ Do you know Me there? “Do you see Me in every nook and cranny? Do you hear […]
There is a divine stream of consciousness that courses throughout this world, like the air itself, invisible but omnipresent, flowing through every person, permeating every event and circumstance, encompassing the trees and the rocks, present in sickness and in health and in the loss of a job. Who can hear it but those whose ears […]
I was sitting in the National Museum of Ireland, walking through an exhibit entitled Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising. I marveled at the dedication and singular purpose and passion of the men and women who were prepared to give their lives (and did) for the independence of Ireland from Great Britain. As I sat on […]
The wind rushes past me from behind, but I don’t know where it comes from. And it passes by me into the trees on the other side of the road, but where it goes from there or if it stops someplace after that, I don’t know. So it is with the Holy Spirit.
If I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send Him to you. Jesus was with them for three years in the flesh. After He left this world in the flesh, He returned in the Spirit. The same Jesus that lived among them then […]