09 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in Journal Keeping, journaling, Spirituality, Writing Life Tags: Bible Journaling, Bible Reading, christian living, journaling, Journaling with Jesus, prayer journal, Prayer life, spiritual journaling
Today I want to walk you through a morning of journaling from the heart, to the heart of God. Are you ready?
You will need your journal, and a pen. You will need your Bible, and whatever reading plan you follow, or Scripture you are meditating on for today.
You may have a beverage, but usually my coffee grows cold as I set my pen to writing my heart to God.
22 Apr 2019 1 Comment
in Journal Keeping, Writing Life Tags: journaling, Journaling as a Lifestyle, Kathleen Adams, The Center for Journal Therapy
It’s the Monday after Easter and I wonder how you, dear reader, friend, fellow sojourner- are doing? Have Easter celebrations left you inspired or do you feel a bit wrung out of faith in the season you find yourself?
Well, I hope you will be encouraged in the knowledge that, regardless of where you think you’re standing, Jesus is able to keep you in all of the seasons you pass through. Our faithful Lord will not leave you high and dry, nor will he hang you out to dry if your faith feels like a big giant fail! He loves you the same whether you’re smiling or full of sadness, whether you’re hopeful, or fearful. Rest in this truth and lean on Him, who is always faithful. Be strengthened in His faithfulness!
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23 Mar 2019 2 Comments
in Spirituality, Writing Life Tags: Bible Reading, Born again, Christian Theology, contemplative, Faith Journey, intimacy with Jesus, journaling, Journaling through The Book of John, Lent, Nicodemus, theology
“…Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:7-8
I have a personal connection to Nicodemus and his story as told by John. As a matter of fact over time I have found I have a connection to many of the individuals who live in this great holy story told in Scripture. Do you realize as Believers we are all part of the testimony of grace started at the foundation of the world? Who can comprehend it?
Nicodemus was part of the spiritual elite of his day…
16 Mar 2019 2 Comments
in Spirituality Tags: Bible Reading, Christian Anthropology, John Behr, journaling, Journaling through The Book of John, Lent, Serendipity Bible
Well, we’ve made it through another week of Journaling through the Book of John: A Journey for Lent and Beyond . We are not sprinting through, but instead we are lingering long, digging deep and reflecting on scripture- at this pace if you are just jumping in now, it would be easy to modify and “catch up”. Isn’t that a beautiful thing?
This week we’ve seen Jesus’ first miracle, stuff that makes God REALLY angry, and a Temple confrontation that leads to a bit of foreshadowing.
09 Mar 2019 5 Comments
in Poetry, Spirituality Tags: journaling, Journaling through The Book of John, poem, poetry, the Gospels
“No one has the time to listen, let alone love.
Is God now pro-exhaustion?
Doesn’t He lead people beside the still waters anymore?
-Richard A. Swenson
I am sharing a poem I wrote in 2015 during Lent as we conclude our first week of Journaling through the Book of John. I grabbed the quotes above from my journal archives, as I re-read a few of my entries in a 5-Year Journal of Lent and Advent I kept between 2005-2010.
