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SAND BETWEEN THE TOES ~ C

2/9/2023

The desert is entered to escape suffering, it is the slave's refuge. No-one would choose such a harsh pilgrimage, but it is too the place of redemption.

SAND BETWEEN THE TOES ~ B

31/8/2023

Let My people go that they may worship Me.

SAND BETWEEN THE TOES ~ A

29/8/2023

When I am afraid I will trust You. ~ Psalm 63:1 The summer of life grows cold.

The Noise of Silence ~ B

27/8/2023

Has our prayer together as much as in life together, fallen for the bold deception that our words are more important than our silence? Silence has become a fearful thing...

Journey of the heart

12/4/2023

God has set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Under a piercing sun...

30/7/2022

Blessed are those You choose and bring near to live in Your courts! We are filled with the good things of Your house, of Your holy temple.

The Valleys of Weeping

21/5/2021

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to Jesus the Christ.

Manning, Truth & the Devil

23/1/2021

As arguably the finest modern Christian wordsmith, Brennan Manning's writings may well pass the test of time.

Of DESPERATION & THIRSTS

12/8/2018

Jesus hung out with His Father. So too - Moses, David, Elijah, Jeremiah, and many more, both seen and unseen, who thirsted in their faith.

Tales Strange and True from the Desert

10/11/2017

Christianity has ancient and varied roots.

The Quickened Man

24/9/2017

A man's troubled journey, as he kicks this earth's dust, is to spiritual formation. The alert know this.

The Land of Tomorrow

4/7/2017

Through the exodus the Lord had separated Israel from Egypt, false worship from true. Separation is holiness.

2 Heroes & 10 Zeroes

3/7/2017

Circa 1500 B. C. the Israelites fled Egypt for the Promised Land, Canaan. The sons of Abraham were free, but their thoughts were not.

Echoes of Yesterday

2/7/2017

Half a century ago the Beatles longed for yesterday, when troubles seemed so far away.

That Dark Side of the Dream

29/3/2017

Slavery in Egypt gave the Israelites a dream. They dreamt of Canaan but tripped in the desert.

The Profit of the Desert Place

19/9/2016

Hannah lived in the sand-blasted desperate deserts of her soul. Year after year Elkanah's wife Hannah worshiped and sacrificed to the Lord.

Jesus did Solitude#

4/7/2016

Did Jesus ever make a mistake? His brief season upon planet earth was punctuated in silence, devotion and prayerful solitude. A model we all would do well to heed.

The Return to Darkness#

18/4/2016

I saw a large number of people trapped by a cave-in. In an instant total darkness fell upon the cave. Some were injured.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ LOVE & HEALING

27/2/2016

#Bitterness slams the door on tomorrow today. But Jesus knowing Judas' betrayal and all its promised bitterness still cleansed filthy dust from His betrayer's feet.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ A TRANSFORMING TIMBER

25/2/2016

There are two conditions of the heart no one can hide: one the heart is filled with love and the other when we are infected with bitterness.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ TESTING

24/2/2016

Not lost in the Sinai desert. But still the Israelites found themselves very unhappy. The bitter waters of Marah confronted God's thirsty infant nation.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ MULTIPLICATION

23/2/2016

The sea waters parted for Israel but didn't for Egypt. # Israel lived. Egypt drowned.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ RESCUE

22/2/2016

There are many rich fields for bitterness. Harsh labor is but one fertile soil. (Read the series Introduction to The Desert of Bitterness.

The Desert of Bitterness ~ INTRODUCTION

21/2/2016

Moses led recalcitrant, fear-filled, faith-void grumblers to the shores of the Red Sea. A hotly pursuing Egyptian army hemmed them in. Swords behind Israel, seas before them.

Decisions in the Desert

11/11/2015

The desert is entered when I flee bondage, hatred or malevolence.

God's Most Needed Man!

6/10/2014

Soul Snack 190/14 . . . Sages are men of an unusual wisdom, gifted and necessary oracles for their time. The Christian sages our Lord calls - prophets.