(All light text is a link to articles that prove the sentence) I have a number of friends who are activists for various causes. And I love the causes. We are in a water crisis when corporations sell water back to those in drought. Black men are being attacked by...

There are some common words that are used for the work of the Spirit—salvation, deliverance, grace, mercy, forgiveness. They all have a common basis, that the one receiving the work of the Spirit has a desperate need. They are in crisis, they are imprisoned, they are beyond their own help,...

A meal, a hot drink…….. I am standing in line at McDonald’s. There is a young guy counting out dimes nickles and pennies for one of those dollar burgers and he is 12 cents short. For the lack of 12 cents he was going to go hungry. Plop, a dollar...

I’ve got some severe chronic stress in my life, and it will take a long time to recover from it. It’s good that I know about it, and good that I’m working on bringing balance in my life. Even with the balance, however, it will still take a long time,...

The last two months at Anawim have been huge. I’m going to try to summarize what’s going on. For years the Anawim board has been concerned what would happen if Steve (me) would no longer be capable of leading the ministry. Everything depended on me, connections, finances, supply lines, peacemaking,...

Father, this day as I rise, let me put on the love of Jesus. I put on compassion. I put on patience. I put on gentleness I put on a listening that heals. I put on rejoicing in others. I put on forgiveness. I put on healing the sick. I...

The generous one is not just the giver of the pocket, but the giver of the full self. The generous soul is welcome to all kinds of sinners, and is ready to forgive them all. The generous one is merciful and provides for any who have need, no matter what...

If you want to be a better person, love better. Tenderly love your spouse better than you did last month. Treat cashiers better. Be kind to panhandlers and beggars. Complain about your coworkers less. Be kind to your children more than forming them who you want them to be. Speak...

I get it. When someone is going through suffering, it makes us uncomfortable. We don’t want to see people suffer. We understand when someone has an open wound or bruises to show, but when someone is suffering internally, we don’t know what to say, we just want to say, “Stop...

I keep three items on my desk. Okay, I keep a lot more than three items there. Frankly, most of the time, my desk is really cluttered. I just cleared it away to take the picture above, so you might THINK that I keep a clean desk. Total exposure, here....