ChronicOnes - Living with Pain Looking for Hope
Pain. It is experienced by everyone at one time or another. Young or old, pain afflicts, pain hurts. Pain is universal and without prejudice. All kinds of attempts have been made to eliminate this pillager of comfort. In spite of all of the medical advancements and mystical applications, quite often pain remains. It can evolve into new manifestations without warning. Pain can become chronic. I know firsthand. I’m a chronic one. Whether your pain is physical or relational, emotional or spiritual, these short but inspiring devotions written from experience will provide new avenues for navigating your journey of suffering.
If you are searching for hope in the midst of pain, ChronicOnes is written for you. Open this book and settle in. I will meet you there.
Shhh...Listening for God
We live in a noisy world. Yet to meet the God of the Still Small Voice, it will take a quiet place, a stilled soul in order to hear, even more, to listen for the Divine to speak into our darkened void. But speak God will. Create the space. Solitude and silence are necessary gates of opportunity on the pathway to encounter. Experienced and practiced by Jesus, they are the secrets of the ancients. Most often, both are feared because it seems before we ever meet God in these sacred disciplines, we will first meet ourselves.
In the silence, inner thoughts once suppressed raise their condemning tones and must be intentionally quenched before we can move further and deeper. It is because, on the other side of the fray, are the more meaningful things of the Spirit, the transformational waters of engaging spirituality. Thus, the battle is fought in the simplicity of the sequestered life, in the barren wilderness, where we are alone with God, where our adversary has lost his edge, and the victory of God's creative Voice finally breaks through to heal and make whole.
ISRAEL: A Biblical Tour of the Holy Land
After visiting Israel, many people understand why it is called the “Fifth Gospel.” Just as the four Gospels of the New Testament portray a different face of Jesus’ life and ministry, the land and culture of Israel bring revelation and added dimension to His humanity, divinity, and teachings. In Israel: A Biblical Tour of the Holy Land you will:
Please join us as we visit the Land where Heaven touches Earth.
Me or We?
All fields of science have proven that partnership begets wellness. It is the very heartbeat of the universe. Even atomic particles travel in pairs. Whether we speak of emotional, physical, or spiritual health, wellness is always spelled with a “we.” In the biblical sense we call it unity. The Bible begins with the plurality of God. Everything we read and everything we experience thereafter reflects this covenantal relationship within the Godhead. The plague of individualism begins early in the Bible as well. Into this very world of selfishness God sends His message of community. While other world religions stress individual purity, Christianity puts its emphasis on corporate togetherness.
