Talking about God vs Knowing God

Sadly, this excerpt from John Eldridge’s Beautiful Outlaw resonates with my own experience. I am around a lot of highly educated people, many of whom I wonder if they have ever experienced Jesus personally… When the religious (spirit) is operating, knowing about God...

Wisdom and Revelation

This excerpt from John Eldridge’s book Walking With God, is so helpful and clarifying in how to have a balanced approach to guidance from God… There is wisdom, and there is revelation. They go together, hand in hand. “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus...

The Weight of Your Glory (we are not what we seem)

This excerpt from Waking the Dead by John Eldridge, is a wake up call for me!  I need to be reminded that I have an important role in God’s larger story even it seems small in the world’s eyes… Every mythic story shouts to us that in this desperate hour we have a...

God Is The Fuel

I love this excerpt from John Eldridge’s book Resilience.  It speaks to a desperate need in our culture today… Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise....

God Has Been Wooing Our Hearts

This excerpt from John Eldridge’s Sacred Romance is so life giving and grows my love for God… When the curtain goes up on the story of humanity, we see God in a flurry of breathtaking, dramatic actions that we rather blandly call “creation.” Remember, we’re looking...