Depression isn’t a dragon That overtly threatens And awakens Vanquishing knights Inside ourselves. Rather, It is a silent enemy That infiltrates And becomes part of the landscape, Assuming more and more prominence Until takeover Is accomplished. To mount an insurrection We must develop A vigilant network Of counter-spies Snooping through the mundane, Sniffing out each… Read More
Philippians 1:27-28 One in Spirit
We have enemies, but we don’t need to be afraid. We need to stand firm–together as one because his Holy Spirit dwells in us–as believers in the Gospel. We are saved by God. Philippians 1:27-28 (New Living Translation) Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of… Read More
Oil and Water
Hallelujah! O my soul, praise God! All my life long I’ll praise God, singing songs to my God as long as I live. Don’t put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, of salvation life. Mere humans don’t have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them. Instead,… Read More
Osmosis of learning
How do we learn things, absorb them as truth into our inner beings, and consider as truth things we have absorbed by osmosis. (For you scientists out there, I am not using this term in the strict scientific sense, but as a usually effortless, often unconscious assimilation.) Watching a parade with my two-and-a-half-year-old grandson made… Read More
Philippians 1:25-26 God Has a Plan for Me
Paul was convinced he would get out of prison and continue journeying to spread the Good News. But that wasn’t God’s plan. I have often had the same experience–thinking I know where God is leading me, and suddenly there’s a U-turn. But I don’t have to worry. God has a plan for me. Philippians… Read More
Don’t forget to ask, “Who?”
“He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.” (John1:10 NIV) A baby, hours old, turns her face toward her mother’s voice. She recognizes familiar sounds, soothing and secure from when she was being formed. A dog in the house hears the family’s car turn… Read More
Philippians 1:18-24 Life or Death?
I started to make a list of the pros and cons of staying here on earth and going through some pretty unpleasant things (as Paul was experiencing) or being in heaven with God and having a glorified body. And while I look forward to heaven, I think God has instilled in us a will to… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 