Tag: intercession
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I became a Christian in the mid-1970s during the closing years of the Jesus Movement and the beginning of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. At that time I had not been taught about the Holy Spirit in any consistent or meaningful way. I had encountered God, but most of those encounters happened quietly at home and…
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A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. Sometimes couples portray their love by carving their initials into a tree. Their love demanded a visual demonstration of itself, a physical reminder of what they long to make permanent. There is another carving in a tree that goes far beyond this sentiment. The cross…
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The highest place on earth we can ascend to is the feet of Jesus. Noah’s sons were part of last week’s blog post, and it is striking how quickly, after the world had been destroyed by the flood, humanity returned to sin and idolatry. Completely absent from that post was an essential paradigm we need…
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This phrase “life and times” speaks to the firsthand experiences and events associated with a person’s life within the historical context of the time in which they lived. A Tale of Two Cities famously begins, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” In every ‘time’ there is the thread of…



