I am learning to dwell with God and be present with him through my granddaughter. I get the honor of spending every Monday with her while her parents are at work. When she is awake, I have resolved to be present to her, to not look at my phone or turn my attention away from … Continue reading Practicing the Presence of God: A Way to Dwell with Him
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God Dwells In Us: Key Words from Exodus 40
As he did for the tabernacle, God has set us apart by Christ’s death on the cross. He has anointed us by his Holy Spirit and declared us holy so that he can now dwell in us. He has done his part. We now joyfully partner with him.
What Do We Do With the 10 Commandments?
The Mosaic Covenant was conditional and temporary—foreshadowing the new covenant that Jesus inaugurated. So, how does Jesus want us to live in his new kingdom? Do the ten still apply? I went looking for the equivalent or the greater command in Jesus’s teaching and example and in the whole New Testament. Here’s what I found:
My Mom Tells Her Story of Raising Children Overseas
15 years ago today my mother—Marjorie Jo Loomis Dubert—"graduated to glory" (1928–2010). In her remembrance, I’m sharing a talk she gave in October, 1984 to her colleagues about her experience of raising children in Papua New Guinea.
Advent 2024 Fourth Sunday: Love
Love is the opposite of hatred. Love is a selfless desire to do good. Hatred is a self-centered desire to do harm. The "Christmas spirit" of love can camouflage the real hatred in our hearts. But Advent reorients us to real love.
Advent 2024 Third Sunday: Truth
The trappings of the holidays try to convince us that all is well when in reality it is not. But Advent reminds us that these are but falsehoods. Truth, instead, is embodied in the baby born to Mary of Nazareth in the town of Bethlehem in Judea.
Advent 2024 Second Sunday: Light
Light is the opposite of darkness. Light symbolizes all that is good. Darkness all that is evil. Life can look pretty dark these days so Advent invites us to first acknowledge darkness that we might realize how desperately we need light.
Advent 2024 First Sunday: Life
Our annual remembrance of the coming of Jesus Christ as a human baby starts today. This year the words of the apostle John dominate my ponderings. I will explore words he uses to describe Christ—Today, we start with LIFE.
Pondered Treasures 