From a very young age, I (Colleen) can remember God’s presence in my life. In fact, as a child, my parents described my life as “mystical”. Since my parents were Catholic at the time, they viewed me as going the way of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, far from a positive thing…
Charles Spurgeon said, “I will never have it that God created any man, especially any Christian man, to be a blank and a nothing. He made you for an end. Find out what that end is. Find out your niche and fill it. Do something in this great battle for God and Truth.” Mark Twain…
God gave me an image in my mind and imagination. That when the veil tore–we could freely step back into the garden of Eden where we could once again walk and talk with Him. As he shared this image, I realized the significance of this representation of the journey for all of us. The need…
In Ephesians 1 Paul gives us an amazing insight. “…even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his…
We were born into a world at war. Do you believe that? We’re not talking about the Civil War, World War II, Desert Storm, or any other conflict or battle we happen to be engaged in at this moment in time. We’re talking about a much more formidable opponent. An invisible one. Naked to the…
There are many places in our lives that we have a yearning–a mysterious hunger for something we may not consciously recognize. Is it possible that our unconscious remembers what it was like to walk and talk with God in the Garden of Eden? Or maybe even more absurd–could we remember our very own spiritual creation–…
“We are called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but our own vulnerable self.”[i] – Henri J.M. Nouwen It was a magnificent day on the Chesapeake Bay overlooking the C&D Canal at one of our favorite spots – Schaefer’s Canal House. We come here often, not only to write…