Author Archives: sustainedbyhisword
“Full” not “Busy”
I have known “busy.” I have used “busy” as an answer to the question, “how are you?” – an answer that indicates not only that I have a lot going on, but also attempts to claim that I am therefore … Continue reading
Are you ready for Christmas?
The season of Advent is a time of preparation, of getting ready, of anticipating the birth of Jesus. It seems like it is meant to be a process — we don’t light all the Advent candles the first Sunday of … Continue reading
In the Clamor
Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Luke 5:15-16 This is a familiar … Continue reading
Around the Post-election Thanksgiving Table
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Before we sit down around the post-election Thanksgiving table, let us all agree that what unites us is greater than what divides us. We don’t have to all be the same – thankfully we’re not! – … Continue reading
Repent and Restore
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Revelation 3:19 I literally just had to stop what I was doing and kneel down to pray, because I feel sick to my stomach at what is … Continue reading
Letter to a True Friend
You are the most authentic person I know, and in being so, you bring glory to God. God is the God of Truth, and you honor and glorify Him in your relentless pursuit of truth and in your relationship with … Continue reading
The Wrong Anchor
Hope is an anchor. But what about when we chain ourselves to the wrong anchor? When I was a kid, my family spent two months camping across Europe. This was back in the day before Travelocity, Google maps, and even … Continue reading
Anchor
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure… Hebrews 6:19 What is an anchor? Isn’t it something heavy? Something solid? We often think of “hope” as something wishful, airy, without much substance – like a … Continue reading
A Firmly Shut Door
Another instructive experience I had on that biking trip: In a quaint little Dutch town on a Sunday, my friends and I wanted to go to church. We somehow found information on when and where there would be a church … Continue reading
A Better Story
First, a confession: After graduating from college, I had the opportunity to tour Europe by bicycle and train. I will never forget the day I arrived in Amsterdam. After weeks of grubby cycling, I had met up with my mailed-ahead … Continue reading
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