Meditations on "Lies"

God created us in love as persons who reflect His goodness and glory.

We are always making plans. We plan our time, money, food, housing, how to get somewhere on the bus.

We have a beautiful world around us. Year after year Vancouver is voted one of the nicest places in the world to live.

Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you.

Have you ever had to leave loved ones who were an important part of your daily life and go to a place where you knew physical contact with them would not be possible?

There is a life of keeping dark secrets that God calls us away from.

"Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me" .

What are we doing from day to day, even moment to moment, to train ourselves to hear and respond to the voice of God?

When Jesus encountered a tax collector named Zacchaeus, his life and the lives of all those he'd previously dealt with, were changed forever.

Our parents or caregivers are deeply connected to our lives on so many levels.

The exact nature of our wrongs is that we think God is absent or surprised by our circumstances, particularly when they are bad, and suppose we have to fix the problem ourselves.

Some friends of mine recently returned from a few days set aside for prayer at a retreat center on a nearby mountain.