Devotions taken from Ruth Haley Barton In our lives we all need to take time for what is most important. As I read an e-mail from Ruth Barton it was a good reminder. “It you attempt to act and do for others or for the world without deepening your own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God We are all on a journey that we might envision as a circular journey, like a voyage around the world of our own unique circumstances. This voyage seems to keep on returning us to its beginnings. Our choices help determine whether our personal spiral is leading…
A couple of weeks ago, Judy and I were with our three adult children, their spouses and children in Kansas City for three days. It was the first time our children’s families have been together for at least three years. Of course, for Judy and I it was a wonderful experience. For many families this can…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God Do you ever feel like you’re stuck and not going any where, like being adrift on the sea? It could be that we are stopped in our tracks by illness or injury or we’ve lost our vision and sense of direction. Or maybe we feel like…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage on the sea of life, we may be hit by storm-force winds that surprise us and challenge us. We can never really be prepared for them. They can be an unexpected turn of events that demands a radical rearrangement of our lives, or…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage on the sea of life the wind speed and wind direction may change without notice… something may happen out of the blue, or a word may be spoken that pitches us in a new direction. We may ask ourselves if this sudden wind…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea with God As we voyage on the sea of life there are deep, invisible underwater currents that can pull us in a positive or a negative direction. They can even rip our vessel apart. Currents tend to be strongest where there is some kind of constriction. In our…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book. At Sea With God As we voyage with the Lord, what really matters is that we are trying to live true to the deepest alignment of our souls to God. As we do this, it becomes an attractor to encourage others to seek out their own deepest alignment. Most of…
Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage with the Lord on the sea of life we need to pay attention to our position and direction. The lines of latitude that guide our journey may be such things as studying scripture, observing the Sabbath, accepting doctrine and creeds etc. The longitude…
Have you ever wanted to quit? You ask, “Quit what?” Quit trying to be a nice, descent, spiritual guy. This is the “nice guy” whom the church rewards for being “a good man.” The nice guy knows he is operating more in his own strength then that of the Lord’s. I have learned from hard…