Paul’s Principles In his Sermon on the Mount Jesus provides an inspiring vision for our walk with God (piety), our relationships with others… Read More »Ten Minute Mystic: Part 1: Four Principles of Life Change
The Power of a Life Well Lived In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus focuses on three broad areas of life: people, piety, and… Read More »Ten Minute Mystic: Part 1: Your Sentence for Their Sake
Their numbers were relatively small. But their impact would be immeasurable.
As Jesus scanned the group who’d gathered near him he saw people with no one in their corner, people weary of all that was wrong in the world, people missing out on the best of life, and people hungering for the world to be made right (Matt. 5:2-12). The poor. The mournful. The meek. The hungry and thirsty.
And Jesus told them: “You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:13-16). This rag-tag crowd of the fringe and the forgotten would drive decay from the earth and darkness from the world. Their influence would be felt not just in Jerusalem. Not just in Israel. Not just in the Roman Empire. They would affect all the earth and the entire world.
Their numbers were relatively small. But their impact would be immeasurable.
It is inspiring the way a little can result in a lot.
Read More »Ten Minute Mystic: Small Disciplines That Make a Big Difference
The Hubble telescope was launched in 1990. In its first fifteen years, it took more than 700,000 pictures of distant galaxies and stars like these: When images from the Hubble became blurry, a team of astronauts was sent to repair the telescope. Homer Hickam was one of the NASA specialists who trained this repair team. Hickam once wrote this about Hubble and its images: “The Hubble has changed the very way we understand who we, as citizens of Planet Earth, are and where we are going. Yet, within the magnificent pictures of Hubble is a deeper truth. There are miracles everywhere although sometimes they are concealed, not by God, but by our own eyes. All we need to do is look, and they will be seen.”[i] Hickam is saying there is more to these Hubble photographs than meets the eye. There are miracles here, although they are concealed by our own eyes. God is displaying himself through these images. And if we’ll look closely we’ll see God’s creativity, power, and majesty revealed here. Through these cosmic creations God is displaying himself.Read More »Listen Up: Hearing God Through Others