The Daily Memo | May 5, 2022 | Our New Name – An Excerpt from the Upcoming Book Embracing Brokenness
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 […]
The Daily Memo | September 1, 2021 | As It Was in the Garden – An Excerpt from the Book Embracing Brokenness
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 […]
Shame and Brokenness – The Tree is Me
We have a saying around here. “The Tree is Me”. Kind of a strange way to introduce the topic of brokenness and restoration, but we love the imagery. Studying the charcoal that we commissioned will reveal a host of realities that each person on the planet must cope with; from the day we’re born. As […]
The Daily Memo | October 26, 2020 | But God …… Defined Us
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 […]
The Stories We Tell Ourselves – An Excerpt from the Book Embracing Brokenness
“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 […]
The Daily Memo | August 12, 2020 | The Unseen Beginning – An Excerpt From Embracing Brokenness
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 […]
