“Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.” (Gen 22:12)
Every word and nuance of this tenderness from God to a mere mortal speaks to the very things that hold our life together and give it meaning. We will see.
Such a weird [...]

In our day of continual public polling, we can get a very secure feeling if the masses are for us, and we feel we are doomed if they are not.
Against this unreality that has settled into our values, we are jolted into an ultimate reality. Does Jesus know us? In the most stripping and [...]

“Remember the height to which you have fallen, and repent…” 
Remembering the top height of an experience might bring to mind a mountain peak, a walk to the top of steps, or a view from a plane. Either way, we’d try to remember the vista from that experience of height.
Can this relate to closeness with Jesus? [...]