Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment I wonder how often we are hindered from responding to God’s call in our lives by an emotional attachment to self-concern, self-image, Self-gratification, or self-preservation.When we are self-concerned we are focused on ourselves and our own interests that obstruct a selfless response to what is sacred…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment The spiritual practice of ongoing discernment is often intuitive and we may ask ourselves what would Jesus do and how would He do it? We are told to be awake, be watchful and the author names 3 practices that help us to be alert. 1. Prayer.…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, This Sacred Moment As Christians we need discernment to hear God’s voice not only for our major decisions but also in our daily everyday lives. Discernment is like a pair of glasses that corrects the vision of our ego with all its self-concerns.   It is constantly assessing each sacred…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, The Sacred Moment The call of God is like a knock on the door of the present moment in which we find ourselves.  Maybe it is a desire to do a good deed that seemed to come out of nowhere, or a word of advice or encouragement by our…

Devotions based on Albert Haase’s book, Te Sacred Moment Just like the man who changed a flat tire for an elderly woman he didn’t know, holiness is about selfless openness and response to God’s call in the present moment.  Holiness is the lifelong journey out of slavery to our own ego to looking beyond ourselves,…

Devotions based on Albert  Haase’s book This Sacred Moment This book is all about becoming holy right where we are. It is hard to find the words to really describe what it means to be a holy person but we can think of people who exemplify a holy life;  Dietrich BonHoeffer, Eliszabeh Fry, Mother Teresa…

Devotions based on Scot McKnight’s book, One.Life  As followers Jesus we are called to repent and have real behavioral change in our lives. That doesn’t mean just feeling bad about our sins but turning around 180 degrees and starting over by living justly and lovingly. Think about it: we may say we are sorry to…

 Today’s devotional was written by our son, Kurt.  ‘I thought I would give my mom a break this morning and personally send a devotional. I got into a book last night called Facing your Giants by Max Lucado.  It’s a study on the life of David and the premise is that we all have our Giants…

Devotions based on Scot McKnight’s book, One.Life We may affirm and confess that God is love but have a much harder time embracing the God who is love… to really know He actually loves us. Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist, says we assign personalities to God that is neurologically based on our own personality. 1. The…

Devotions based on Scot McKnight’s book, One.Life “The wise learn to live now but to do so in the light of eternity.” Jesus believed  there was life after death and that after we die we will meet our Maker and have to give account. Those who reject God will not inherit the kingdom of God…