One morning, when my daughter was young, I turned to her as she played with her dolly on the kitchen floor and said, “There’s a Jenny Rabbitt-shaped place in God’s heart that only you can fill.” She wasn’t particularly impressed. But for me, it was one of those utterances that felt like the Holy …
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On a Cloudy Day
The sky is white today in Illinois. On these cloudy days, we must remember the still-burning sun. Here, clouds often obscure the light, but the sun always shines. A sunny winter day, even inside, can flood our faces with warm sunshine. Today, though, as I write near a south window, only light passes through. It …
Remembering Altars
"Build altars in the places where I remind you who I am and I will come and bless you there.” Exodus 20:24, NLT Has God reminded you of who he is lately? In our forgetful fallenness, we need reminding. In the early days, when God showed himself, they made altars of stacked stones. In Genesis …