Luke 11:13

Listening to a famous Charismatic “prophetess” in London…

What fills your tank? Here’s a memorable talk I listened to, at a retreat for leaders of women’s Bible studies in Williamsburg . The speaker, svelte, beautiful, rich, put a crystal water jug in front of us. Into it, she put the keys of her house (in the best neighbourhood!); her mini-van (a Volvo I’ve long […]…

When I was getting my Master’s in Creative Writing, there were some taboos. Adverbs! In fact, all unnecessary words–and the passive voice. This was how David Citino, my first writing teacher, memorably excoriated it. “The passive voice is an evasion of responsibility. It says the cookies were eaten. Not, I ate the cookies.” * * […]…

Lately I feel pulled in many directions, its a challenging season of balance and choosing priorities. These are the times I need my heart to be calmed and stilled; and spending time with Jesus is……

On my changing experience of the Holy Spirit. Once champagne, a heady experience, he’s now bread, fish, eggs, veggies. I can’t go through my day without him…

Irene, delighted with and thankful for the sash of her new dress!I have attended two conferences organized by John Arnott, on whose beat the hugely influential Toronto Revival was born. They have influenced the course of my life—deeply introducing me the love of the Father; immersing me in soaking prayer ; and, most recently, introducing […]…

I have heard of the English Evangelical Revival when at the preaching of Whitfield, miners wept, their tears making white lines on their coal-black faces. I have heard of the 1904 revival in Wales, when the Spirit of God fell powerfully on meetings, and people forgave their enemies. I have heard of the revival Lonnie…

I have heard of the English Evangelical Revival when at the preaching of Whitfield, miners wept, their tears making white lines on their coal-black faces. I have heard of the 1904 revival in Wales, when the Spirit of God fell powerfully on meetings, and people forgave their enemies. I have heard of the revival Lonnie […]…

I am re-reading Mark. John’s my favourite gospel guy, followed by Luke, but the immediacy of Mark, our immediate immersion in a fast-moving scenario of accelerating success grabs me every time. Jesus issues his great call to repent and believe the good news. He heals most everyone, dramatically, and so “news about him spread quickly […]…

For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom … Continue reading “Your Suffering Matters To God”…