exhort | iɡˈzôrt, eɡˈzôrt |verb (with object and infinitive): strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something: (with direct speech) : “Come on, you guys,” exhorted Linda | the media have been exhorting people to turn out for the demonstration. Recently we began experimenting with an “exhortation” in our worship services. The elders have decided to stick with […]
The Purpose Behind the “Exhortation” Read More »
Of course it is wrong and destructive to tell your fellow brother or sister that they are disobeying God, in their experiencing depression. “Just get up, read this verse, believe it, and move on in your life!” No, don’t do that. Change, in the really important stuff, rarely happens by the “read this verse, and
THe Familiar Voice of Depression Read More »
Depression is one of the most dreadful enemies of the soul, because we often can’t see it coming, and if we do, it’s an enemy that has no bodily form. We swing at it, and our punch goes right through. It doesn’t feel like a fair fight. And so we try to avoid it, and
The Black Dog, the Dark Cloud, the Painful Nothing … Read More »
What habits would be good and right for us to exit the Panic of 2020 with? Good and right habits will be formed and shaped by a heart that is bending toward God, and by an essential stance in life that is humble – that is turned out toward others in self-forgetting love. And then,
Taking Habits from the Panic of 2020 Read More »
We’ve been at this lockdown thing since St. Patrick’s Day – enough time to drop old habits, and pick up new ones. I therefore invite you to begin assessing the habits in your life, and make wise plans for exiting the lockdown with the right ones. How do we determine if a habit is “right”?