If there is one book in the Bible that children love, and scholars love to avoid, it’s probably the book of Jonah. And it mostly has to do with that darn whale. The big fish is actually a small part of the story, though certainly the most dramatic. The story is primarily about a man…
God of the Present Tense
If you could peek into the minds of people around you, chances are you’d find very few of them completely absorbed in the moment they are living right now. Some may be replaying a conversation they just had, thinking of all the things they should have said. Others are dreaming about a person they’re excited…
Faith When God Is Silent
Trust, by its very nature, must overcome distance to build its bridge. And yet that distance, when it comes to God, can just as easily produce doubt. This seems to be a risk God is willing to take. In my season of basking in the silence of God, my eyes caught a short psalm in the Bible I…