If you don’t have a peaceful life in the midst of no matter what, your faith is not healthy and needs healing. One of my favorite daily devotional voices is Henri Nouwen. He has been a peaceful spirit to people around the world. I especially enjoy his emphasis on the heart. Try him out. Bill
If your life is not full of love for others, it’s not healthy and needs healing. An excellent resource is my friend Dr. Guy Sayles. Recently he has been wrestling with cancer and has a great blog with insights on faith. I get a great deal from each blog. Dr. Guy Sayles Bill …
America started on faith. Our founders took a big risk—Healthy Faith takes risks. America invested in young people. Like our Lord, Jefferson was only 33 when he helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Healthy Faith cares about all people. America was founded on “self-evident” truth. Healthy Faith has eternal values. America was built on sacrificial…
Big is Not Better How do you picture Jesus? I picture him doing amazing miracles, preaching to the multitude on the Sea of Galilee, dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world and rising from the dead. Such amazing events could lead us to think that Jesus was primarily interested in those…
Harriet Felt Two-faced Harriet felt dishonest. In between sobs and attempts to regain her composure, she confessed her weariness from acting like her faith was fine when it was not. For a while Harriet’s two-faced faith was able to fool her Sunday friends but she could not fool her conscience. Her dishonesty was…
If you don’t have a joyful life when all around you is sad and critical, your faith is not healthy and needs healing. Here’s a helpful source. It’s an outstanding read on joy by Kay Warren. Kay is the wife of Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church. When everything is falling apart, when God is silent…
If your life is not involved in caring for hurting people, you don’t have a healthy faith and it needs healing. I recommend you read about an almost unbelievable transformation in a man’s life. It may help you become more caring. One of the most powerful books on caring-love is Same Kind of Different As Me…