1-25-20 Today’s psalm: “The Lord is my light and my salvation. Of whom should I be afraid?” The verse on the cover of my new journal, Joshua 1:9: “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. For the Lord your God … Continue readingDon’t Be Afraid
1-25-20 “Someone called Ananias, a devout follower of the Law and highly thought of by all the Jews living there, came to see me; he stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight.’ Instantly my sight came back and I was able to … Continue readingWhen God Gives a Task, He Gives Spectacular Material with Which to Answer
1-16-20 The age-old question often comes back: how can I be angry in a Godly way, deal with it, and be in a healthy place? I suddenly got it–or at least a portion of it. I am sure it was the Holy Spirit. It is … Continue readingDon’t Give Satan a Foothold
1-9-2020 Recently, Silvio and I were faced with some obstacles in the way we felt that God was calling us to do ministry. We tried hard to fight against those obstacles. But then we experienced the Holy Spirit nudging us to settle down. As Dad … Continue readingLetting God Open Doors
1-8-20 I am so struck by the way Jesus called his closest disciples, his closest friends. When he called them, he did so by giving them a miracle. A “sign.” He wanted them to come face to face with a tiny bit of his glory–it … Continue readingCalled with Power
1-5-20 I love the prayer “Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh on me. Melt me, mold me, fill me, use me.” More and more, this prayer resonates with me. For so long, Silvio and I were merely surviving. Much of the time we could … Continue readingMelt Me, Mold Me, Fill Me, Use Me
This January, just over a month after I was healed from my insomnia, we had another major experience of healing which was to set us off on a journey in which we’d experience healing often. Silvio was off on a youth ministry conference with FOCUS. … Continue readingHealing from Depression: Beginning an Exciting Adventure
12-24-19 “Come and see what God has done!” This is a line in a song our music group sings at Christmas. As I’m spending my quiet time in prayer (with this line running on repeat through my head) all these times in the Bible in … Continue readingAsking God for Signs as a Way of Seeing Him
This week I went to a funeral. I never expected a funeral to be my first Mass back after three months of quarantine, but it was fitting. The first reading was the passage from Ecclesiastes about how there’s a time for everything–a time to be … Continue readingWhat If God Wants to Save the World Through the Pandemic?
The more the Holy Spirit transforms my experience of Him, the more I don’t like to be stuck with the term “charismatic.” The word is fine, but people who don’t understand what it means have attached so many pre-conceived notions to it that cloud it … Continue readingLooking Past the Strange to See the Holy Spirit