Recently I had the privilege of speaking at our local “City-Wide Prayer Service for Mental Illness Awareness Week” sponsored by NAMI Tulsa. In the program was the following quote from Father Thomas Keating.”Some wounds are so deep there can be…
Thomas Merton wrote, “If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.” Jesus Christ told his disciples, “My peace I leave…
Although Jesus Christ of Nazareth spoke and ministered to large crowds, what is particularly notable about His ministry are the many accounts of time spent with individuals. Jesus’ small entourage of disciples, however, often saw these “time-outs” as bothersome interruptions.…
By Jim Grinnell On the island of Malta, as the Apostle Paul was gathering wood for a fire that the natives had built for him, a snake came out of the wood and fastened itself to Paul’s hand. The Scriptures…