…grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. ~ John 1:17b NASB The Person of You, B.C. This has been a month of September like I, personally and we, corporately have not experienced before. Some time ago, I left off writing posts in the Spirit of Truth & Grace category. Not because there wasn’t […]
The Untold Damage of Gossip
…grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. ~ John 1:17b NASB In the Four Years Since 2020 Four years ago, I published what was then the 23rd letter in the Dear Christian series. We all remember 2020: the Covid year that tipped our lives and world off its axis. But here’s what it […]
“This is How We Know”
“This is how we know” coincides with the Mercy portion of a persuaded heart, with Teacher alongside. John the Beloved was a Mercy, who learned from Jesus the Teacher as a disciple before he was sent forth by Him as His Apostle. In John’s living of life after Jesus’s return to the Father, Holy Spirit […]
“I Told You So” ~ Jesus
Dear Christian – “I Told You So” ~ Jesus is a ‘ten months and Covid-19 later’ follow-up to a post I published before we knew what this year would hold. At the end of January, I wrote and shared “Tell Them I’m Serious”. The quiet but strong directive from my Writing Partner came early in the new […]
Fifty Shades of Greyce
Dear Christian ~ How I’ve longed to write to you again of things lofty and glorious. And I have, in other writings. But here, where ‘Christian’ takes on meaning of personal proportions, I want to talk about fifty shades of greyce. To be clear, we all know how to spell g-r-a-c-e. It is how we […]
Life as a (Christian) Stripper
Welcome to another Dear Christian ~ you who have read other posts I’ve written, and those of you who couldn’t resist clicking on a title like Life as a (Christian) Stripper. However you got here, I hope you’ll stay for the read. A couple of years ago when I told someone I’d had a similar […]
Pardon Me, But Your Chip is Showing
I’ve heard of lots of people cleaning out closets and clothes that no longer fit during this Coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Then there are those favorites you just cannot bring yourself to get rid of. Don’t really care if you keep them under wraps? Pardon me, but your chip is showing. Welcome to another Dear Christian […]
“Tell Them I’m Serious”
Dear Christian ~ Right on cue, the weightiness of the words God gives me to deliver has grown since early January. It is a fine line between discerning what He wants shared and when and how to share it. In lieu of a ‘word for the year’ as 2020 dawned, I sensed quiet but strong […]
Silver Platter God
Dear Christian ~ Silver Platter God has been getting dull around the edges since I began writing Wellspring of Life nearly ten years ago. I can’t tell you how often I’ve been tempted to write this post. See, there’s this thing about silver platters. You can shine them to a near-mirror finish with enough silver […]
The Nearness of the Christ
Elizabeth. John the Baptist. Mary. Luke the beloved Physician. Four individuals. One immeasurable gift. The nearness of the Christ. Welcome to another installment this Christmas season, dear Christian. I was once asked by one of my clients how I could say the same thing so many different ways. I don’t recall exactly what I told […]