Dear Friends, This is part two of a two part message on discerning the will of God. I will share some practical guidance in this message, but my belief is that the only reliable path to the will of God is when we surrender to him and he takes over with his life becoming our
Dear Friends, Readers send me notes about their struggles to discern God’s will for their lives. “If I only knew what he wants me to do,” is a frequent plaint. That’s no surprise. Christian bookstores are packed with books and DVDs on how to know, how to overcome, how to accomplish, how to love, how
Dear Friends, This week’s message is part two of a two-part series on my prayer reflection on Psalm 23 while driving alone from Manchester, New Hampshire to Stowe, Vermont on Friday, October 2. It is a beautiful pastoral drive across the southern White Mountains, over the Connecticut River and through Vermont farms and woods to
Dear Friends, There was no Word of Grace message last week for one of the few Mondays since October 1998. I was traveling on business in the east and chose to spend my free time outdoors in the Green Mountains. I also thought readers needed a rest after the nineteen message spiritual autobiography series. To
Dear Friends, This is the nineteenth and last message in a series about the people and experiences that God has used to shape my spiritual life. My prayer is that these messages have inspired you to reflect on the people and events that have brought you closer to Jesus. From my first revelation of grace