Deuteronomy is a book of and for the heart. The word “heart” appears thirty-one times in its thirty-four chapters. Deuteronomy means “second law” and was most likely the book found in the temple during King Josiah’s reign (641-609 BCE). To an extraordinary extent, the heart of the king toward God, certainly after David, who loved […]
Archives for June 2018
True Maturity
Maturity is difficult to gain and difficult to maintain. We may think we have arrived only to have some unexpected and frustrating life turning show us how immature we can still be. We may be very mature about some things some of the time, and perhaps a few things most of the time, but not […]
The Bible: The Hidden Heart of Exodus
There is the overt and the covert meaning to the events described in the book of Exodus. Overtly, it is the dramatic story of the call of Moses to lead the people of Israel—a desperate, disparate group of clans who had been slaves in Egypt for four hundred years—out of Egypt to covenant with the […]
Miracles
I believe in miracles. And there is no greater miracle than love. Here is a poetic meditation offered to the God who is Love: There is no greater miracle than loving You And being loved by You. That You are more than lovable But Love itself, What can be more miraculous than that? What greater […]
The Bible as Love Story
The Bible is a love story between God and humanity, an intricate narrative about our evolving relationship across millennia. In the opening three chapters of Genesis, God creates humanity, after creating everything else. And in the final two chapters of Revelation, closing out the Bible in a glorious display of transforming power, God marries humanity, […]
Encounters with Christ 2
I have two encounters with Christ to tell you about. The first concerns “Three Words” or sentences God said to me in April, 1985, while jogging in Glendale Cemetery, in Des Moines, Iowa. The second constitutes the major breakthrough of my finally experiencing Christ in me, Christ’s Heart fused with my heart. This happened back […]