Two of the important themes of this blog are “character” and “how we think.” If you look at the tabs cloud in the sidebar you’ll see that Character and Thought patterns both have high values. But until this week I hadn’t...

I ended my last post with this invitation/challenge:  “I invite you to experiment with thinking about God in terms of desire and character instead of first applying a paradigm of intentions, designs and plans.  Give it a try.” Here’s a...

How do we live a full life?  What is that manner of life which leaves the world a better place? My answer to these two questions is based on two fundamental beliefs: Character matters God becomes incarnate in human lives...

A key to discipleship, at least as Jesus expresses it in Matthew 28, is teaching people to obey all that Jesus has commanded us.  Our discipleship is expressed, first and foremost, in our lives, in our actions and in our...