Category: Meditation

“In the story of the Prodigal Son, the father does not send the son for a bath before hugging him.” ~ Dallas Willard

The first time I heard this song was during a college Christian fellowship camp where I was the speaker. Perhaps it was the sincerity of the one leading as well and how the students made this song “their own”. And I think in the midst of a lot of more “strict” (bordering legalistic) environments we’re…

Nice to see how the original song writers do the song 🙂

We sang this song at our worship gathering/service this morning. It’s a song that helped me through a loss. Everytime, I hear it or sing it … memories come back a little.

Thanks to Jonny Baker for this prayer and Jeff Ooi for the beautiful picture. Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when With the…

“Without the love of our parents, sisters, brothers, spouses, lovers, and friends, we cannot live. Without love we die. Still, for many people this love comes in a very broken and limited way. It can be tainted by power plays, jealousy, resentment, vindictiveness, and even abuse. No human love is the perfect love our hearts…

“Whenever I happen to be prevented by the press of duties from observing my hour of prayer, the entire day is bad for me. Prayer helps us very much and gives us a cheerful heart, not on account of any merit in the work, but because we have spoken with God and found everything in…

since there is still much confusion or lack of clarity in the term “missional” (like any unfamiliar word that’s trying to move us beyond old catergories). I found this helpful, and heartily agree (and subscribed to it). “God is about a big purpose in and for the whole of creation. The church has been called…

“If you find God with ease, perhaps it is not God you have found.” ~ Thomas Merton (via Maggi Dawn) More and more I tend towards a “God finding me” way of thinking. But there is a sense where we are looking for God 🙂 I find lots of freedom in knowing that even though…

“We’ve got to get beyond being right to becoming good, to living the good and to being the truth in community.” ~ via Scot McKnight (HT: Purple Pastor) The tendency is about justifying who’s right and who’s wrong. Or at least covering our tracks so we are not in the wrong, right? 🙂 We have…