Boundary Problem Indicators
July 18, 2010 by Miles
You cannot sustain long-term relationships. You cannot say no. Your list of friends is shrinking and your list of enemies is growing. You fall head over heals in love with someone on the first date. You do things you do not want to do tin order to please other people. You get into trouble often [...]
Quotes
October 30, 2009 by Miles
I don’t know about you, but I am a fan of good quotations. I actually have a few emailed to me every day. This is a quick look at my favorite quotes that I found this month…read and enjoy: “You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.” Charles Haddon Spurgeon [...]
Powerful Verse from Micah
October 27, 2009 by Miles
“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me” Micah 7:8 This is a verse that has been sitting in my mind for the last two months. I don’t even really know why because I do not feel [...]
Fear and all her friends
October 17, 2009 by Miles
I have been spending some time thinking about and studying fear and all her friends (anxiety, worry, dread) for an upcoming series and the more I learn, the more I am convinced fear is a bigger deal than we think. It takes more from us than we know. Part of me wants to say that [...]
I Want In On That
October 14, 2009 by Miles
A few weeks ago I was minding my own business reading my Bible in the morning, like I often do, and God smacked me upside the head with a piece of Scripture. It was one of those “whatever I thought I was doing today just changed” moments. I was kneeling in my prayer room reading [...]
John Wesley’s Holy Club
August 5, 2009 by Miles
John Wesley’s Holy Club QuestionsThese are 22 questions the members of John Wesley’s Holy Club asked themselves every day in their private devotions over 200 years ago. Am I consciously or unconsciously creating the impression that I am better than I really am? In other words, am I a hypocrite? Am I honest in all [...]
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Part 2)
August 3, 2009 by Miles
Luke 18:9-14 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that [...]
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (part 1)
August 2, 2009 by Miles
Luke 18:9-14 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am [...]
Reflections on a Good week
August 1, 2009 by Miles
I have spent the morning sifting through this last week and it seems appropriate that I would share what has been going on the last 7 days. Ok, so here are five things. I read Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut on my new Kindle DX. This book is insanely awesome, undeniably creepy and yet irresistibly [...]
5 Great Books on the Charismatic Tradition
July 31, 2009 by Miles
Last week in Water’s Edge, I talked about the Charismatic Tradition. It is a unique expression of Christian spirituality focused on “power to act.” Here are 5 great books that have inspired me in the Charismatic expression of faith. The Fourth Dimension by Dr. David Yonggi Cho Power through Prayer by E.M. Bounds The Pursuit [...]
