Dear Friends, This week’s message is a bit of a travelogue about a worship experience that I had late Thursday afternoon, July 3, near Astoria, Oregon. I hope it refreshes you during these hot days. Late afternoon sunlight floods over the Clatsop Spit. Everything is flowing at high tide. Five and six foot swells off […]
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A Word of Grace – June 2, 2014
Dear Friends, The Apostle James writes, “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective” (Js 5:16). That matter-of-fact statement is our hope, but is it our belief? Here is a little story that explores that question. The dry, still air smells like fresh-laid kindling this warm May morning in inland Southern California. It hints […]
A Word of Grace – May 12, 2014
Dear Friends, Now the servants and the police had made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were standing around it warming themselves. Peter also was standing with them and warming himself (John 18:18). When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it and bread. . . […]
A Word of Grace – April 7, 2014
Dear Friends, This is the second message of a two-part series on lessons of prayer and praise found in Psalm 3 written when David was in retreat from the havoc caused by the rebellion of his son, Absalom. Last week’s message was about the power of praise to relieve darkness when we can’t even pray. […]
A Word of Grace – March 31, 2014
Dear Friends, Too many days, when I seek to quiet my heart before God and offer up praise and thanks, the issues, conflicts, disputes, fears, urgent requests and critiques that are the natural lot of a lawyer boil up angry and inflamed in the midst of my prayers. They carry my thoughts to a maelstrom […]