Hunger and Thirst

“The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie.  It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world.  It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.  For all [...]

thoughts on hosting the Presence

The greatest privilege we have is to host the presence of God. This is something that we must learn…to be a person that God will rest upon. He is in all of us by covenant; He will never leave us. But He does not rest upon all of us. It says of Jesus that the [...]

Unplug…

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength, before going out to face the world again. “The thoughtful soul to solitude retires,” said the poet of [...]