Supernatural Part IV – Celebrate the Unnoticed

I grew up in a household full of stories about the supernatural. Stories about healing, the wind and rain obeying, and a dream that saved a house. These stories were, in fact, true. Some of them have been captured for you on this site and in my book, From Fear to Freedom. As I grew

Noise

Modern Western society has become so full of noise and distraction that it is amazing that any spiritual growth is possible at all.  I was listening to CS Lewis’ book Weight of Glory last week and this quote jumped out at me: “We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: 

A Gift Unexpected

A few years after my wife Cheryl and I got married we were encouraged to buy a house by many wise people in our church.  My wife was a brand-new teacher and I had just graduated from engineering college. So, for the first time in our lives, we actually had enough money to pay all

The Rain Obeys

This was Wayne and Sally Dye’s first hous being built by the Wagu people in 1964. The lake is in the background. The blue is damage to the origional slide. The grass islands are floating close to the house in the forground. “A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so

The Winds Obey – God is Working

“A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’ He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be

A Fish Story-A Sin Sick Heart

One of the many blessings I have had the privilege of enjoying is the koi pond in my back yard. It sits in the corner of my yard and provides a beautiful and peaceful retreat. I can sit on my deck in the shade of a lovely 50-year-old maple tree and watch as hummingbirds and

Managing our Imaginings:

Our imagination is such a personal and sacred space that we hesitate to provide any guidance on it.  Our modern society takes offense to the very idea of managing our imagination. And yet Jesus spoke about it often. In his great sermon, he said these incredible words:  “You have heard that the ancients were told,

God Provides

Our pastor this week asked me to speak on a time when God came through for me. I am reaching back in time a little for this story, not because God has not come through many times since then, but because this story best fit the Exodus 3 text the pastor was speaking on. “Then

Soul Purity

I think that there is a lot of confusion in the church about having a pure soul and how to get it. Outward conformance to a set of rules is not soul purity. This approach often leads to self righteous pride. Self righteous pride is what Jesus condemned the religious leaders of his day for.

Power Post 3 – Divine Restraint

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. During that time the devil came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But