The God Relationship

The search for truth is also the search for God. And visa-versa. We see this clearly in the brief but haunting exchange between Jesus and Pilate, just before Christ’s crucifixion: Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this […]

Sometimes you get more than you thought you were asking for from God. God could just be waiting for you to ask; and note that once you do, you also grant God permission to give you what God had planned all along. That is apparently what happened to me during a lengthy prayer back on […]

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, […]

I want to give you a vision of prayer and what happens when you pray. To begin with, theology, or “God-talk,” is really a game of prepositions. Regarding Christian prayer, that signifies that all prayer is in the Person of the Son, to the Person of the Father, and through the Person of the Holy […]

You already love God. You just may not yet know it. But when you finally encounter God, you will discover love for God already present as a gift in you, which has been waiting to surface and change your life. That will the time your life with God shall truly begin, for which there will […]

Prayer is communication with God in all its forms. This includes intimate as well as seemingly distant communication, from text messages to touch, from speech to silent connection. Prayer establishes the bridge between God and humanity. It is as vital to our well-being, both now and in whatever is to come, to develop a flourishing […]