Hal Green, Ph.D

Love and Picking Raspberries

Picking raspberries has some things in common with loving. I realized this a while ago when my wife and I spent an idyllic late afternoon in a raspberry patch. The weather was flawless, the fruit abundant and succulent, and our conversation as intermittent and intimate as the breezes which intertwined us. We joyfully, carefully labored […]

John 3:1-8: You Must Be Born from Above

Among the most profound teaching of Jesus occurs in John 3:1-8: Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you […]

Psalm 131: Resting in God

There is a lot of fear out there us these days, as we face a multitude of problems, from the pandemic to economic survival. It is difficult not to focus on the “what-if” or “could-be” variety of negative “possibility thinking” which our flesh is heir to. Anxiety has been defined as “living in the gap […]

Overcoming Inner Naysayers

We all have our inner naysayers. We generally prefer not to talk about these harassing little daemons, though it can help us when we do. By “daemon,” I am not referring to some objective evil or the devil; I mean something akin to a computer virus, or a bacterium that can dis-ease our bodies. Healthy […]

Breath Prayer for Forgiveness

Without forgiveness and its power to restore us and our relationships, we are destined to become hard of heart. And hardness of heart is anathema to God. The Good News is that Jesus Christ brought God’s forgiveness with Him. Yet there is an important catch to receiving God’s forgiveness: in response to God’s forgiveness, we […]