Divine intervention. I’ve seen it countless times.  A kid stops short, right before he face-plants into a saguaro cactus.  An interview, one the college senior hadn’t planned on keeping, led to her dream job.  Specific guidance was given for prayer regarding a son going through (and successfully completing) Navy SEAL training.  Three unexpected years of…

You thought I meant blessings, right?  No. Blessing. Singular. Only one.  November shifts our attention to gratitude. Thankfulness for all we have and for those closest to us. And that’s good.  But let’s not stop there. In fact, I want to back up to the One from Whom all blessings flow.  Jesus. And not just Jesus, but His…

Jesus is in the house. Your house. With his friends. At least twelve, but probably more.  Do you:  Martha, of the famous Mary-and-Martha sister duo in Scripture, committed to B. All the way. If you’re not familiar with Martha’s story, here’s the account from Luke 10:38-42: As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came…

Every afternoon, Blaze, my Belgian Malinois, appears with his toy. He dumps his ball into my lap and onto my current project. I set it on the floor. He picks it up. Lap. Floor. Lap. Floor. His brown eyes plead. Play with me. He just wants to be together. What an invitation.  No hidden agendas.  No expectations. …

This summer I’m on a special four-month program to deal with some health issues. When I started, I asked God to do for me spiritually what I was trying to accomplish physically.  Heal and detox.  Several weeks in, the spiritual detox began. Thoughts, expectations, and judgments bubbled up like the crude oil on the Beverly…