The Holy Mundane: If you follow every dream, you might get lost

(“Letters to My Church” devotional series.  More information in the Table of Contents.) Hello Church! I’m sitting in one of my favourite coffee shops, thinking of you, praying for you, and asking God to grant each one of us today a revelation of his great love for us.  Somehow, some way, God please break into … More The Holy Mundane: If you follow every dream, you might get lost

A Garden Enclosed

I am a garden enclosed, a locked garden. Be beautiful, O beautiful flowers, resplendent colours who smell like angels. Sprout thick, you vegetables with meaty nourishment. Weeds, you may propagate (but don’t enlarge your borders), for you teach me humility. Grow, O tree of life, root deep into the earth of my soul. Jesus, you … More A Garden Enclosed

The Thin Silence

When the prophet Elijah decided he had enough of “zealously serving the Lord God Almighty,” he fled to the wilderness. God did not crush Elijah for running away.  In fact, he fed him for the long journey ahead to Mount Horeb. At Horeb, God called Elijah out of the cave so that he could appear … More The Thin Silence

The Holy Mundane: “I’m sorry, but your prayer-password is incorrect”

(Please see the Table of Contents for an introduction to this series) Greetings, church! I turned on my computer about an hour ago to begin composing this email to you.  As I opened my email program, warnings flashed here and there about a possible suspicious attempt to access my email account, and I was prompted … More The Holy Mundane: “I’m sorry, but your prayer-password is incorrect”