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 […]
Encounters with Christ
Shortly before I entered seminary in 1972, I had an unforgettable dream about Jesus and love. It was the first time I experienced pure love for Jesus, deeper than I ever imagined. Let’s just say it was not a “normal” dream, at least not to me. Call it an “event.” And it answered a question […]
Hesed and Holiness
If you want to understand the Hebrew Bible, you have to understand the meaning of two of the major words. If you would better grasp what God is about and what is going on between God and Israel – make that between God and humanity – you need to grasp their significance. The first word […]
The Heart of Jesus 3: Christ’s Invitation
Sometimes you can be offered something you are not prepared to receive, something you do not understand at the time, something that might come back to haunt you years later. Haunt you not as a lost opportunity, but rather as a sudden sweeping realization of what really has been going on for decades, what the […]
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