Loved and NamedScripture: Psalm 139; Luke 4:16–21 Before Jesus heals, teaches, or challenges empire, he is named. “You are my beloved.” Scripture, at its best, does not tell us how to climb toward God…it tells us who God already says… Read More »Week #2
Learning to Hear LoveScripture: Matthew 4:1–11; John 10:1–5 Lent begins in the wilderness. Jesus does not rush through it or escape it; he listens within it. The temptation stories are not about willpower so much as discernment…learning which voices tell… Read More »Week #1
This devotional is designed for the season of Lent, including Holy Week, Good Friday, and Easter. Each section invites you to slow down, listen, and receive God’s love…not as something to earn, but as something already being offered. You may… Read More »How to Use this Devotional
You Need the Spirit In my experience, self-hatred is the dominant malaise crippling Christians and stifling their growth in the Holy Spirit. – Brennan Manning Sometimes…Jethro’s failSometimes…Yoda’s are no showsSometimes…Jonathan’s turn to Judas’Sometimes…your Barnabas leavesSometimes…your Jerusalem gets paved and they… Read More »Who’s Your Invisible 12th?
You Need a Place For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live. – Theodor Adorno Every person needs a place, and everyone needs to live in a landscape. In order to knowwho we… Read More »Where’s Your Place?
You Need a Butt Kicker The clouds you so much dread are big with mercy, and shall break in blessings on your head. – William Cowper A Jethro is wild and crazy about you, believes in you, and cares enough… Read More »Who’s Your Jethro?
You Need an Editor Truth comes as conqueror only to those who have lost the art of receiving it as friend. – Rabindranath Tagore A Nathan isn’t someone who rushes to tell you the truth…but someone who helps you ‘do… Read More »Who’s Your Nathan?
You Need a Back Coverer A falling camel attracts many knives. – Arabic Proverb Everyone who has made a dent or a difference for God has had ‘protectors’…people who have put themselves out there to stand between the personal and… Read More »Who’s Your Deborah?
You Need a Protégé ‘We’re all treading in someone else’s footsteps.’ A Timothy is someone that we pour ourselves into. They are the ones that we leave behind to continue what we’ve started or to build something brand new because… Read More »Who’s Your Timothy?
You Need a Reject It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. – T.S. Eliot Most of the 11 Indispensable Relationships have something to give you…your Zacchaeus requires something from… Read More »Who’s Your Zacchaeus?