“Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can’t bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can’t bear fruit unless you are joined with me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abunda…

"You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple." - 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptures to simply be with God. …

“God’s a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times. The moment you arrive, you relax; you’re never sorry you knocked." - Psalms 9:9-10, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptures to simply be with God. The goal is not to try to get something or figure something out, but just to allow yourself to be p…

A guided imaginative meditation on the Christmas story from Luke 2:1-20, read from The Message. Visit us at Honeycomb Coaching and Retreats for virtual coaching, personalized retreats, and more! While you're there, subscribe to our news and updates via email and receive a free digital resource. ----- All Scripture quotations are taken from The Mess…

An imaginative meditation on the Christmas story from Matthew 1:18-2:12, read from The Message. Visit us at Honeycomb Coaching and Retreats for virtual coaching, personalized retreats, and more! While you're there, subscribe to our news and updates via email and receive a free digital resource. ----- All Scripture quotations are taken from The Mess…

“Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down." - Phillipians 4:6-7, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptu…

“Whatever was, is. Whatever will be, is. That’s how it always is with God." - Ecclesiastes 3:15, The Message Often in my work with clients, we talk about depression and anxiety and it seems that depression and anxiety often have some qualities of time associated with them. Depression often has a feeling of focusing and dwelling on past time while a…

“We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise." - Romans 5:2, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using S…

“Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track." - Proverbs 3:5-6, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptures to simply be with God. The goal is not to try to get somethi…

“Silence is praise to you, Zion-dwelling God, And also obedience. You hear the prayer in it all." - Psalm 65:1-2, The Message The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptures to simply be with God. The goal is not to try to get something or figure something out, but just to allow yourself to be present in relationship with God. The p…

A conversation on, an experience with, and exercises to practice silence - possibly one of the most core exercises that is important for not just spirituality, but also for the fundamental experience of being human. Visit us at Honeycomb Coaching and Retreats for virtual coaching, personalized retreats, and more! While you're there, subscribe to ou…

An invitation to soak and simmer - to Listen, Notice, Feel, and Receive - with this reading of Isaiah 58:9-12 from The Message paraphrase. Visit us at Honeycomb Coaching and Retreats for virtual coaching, personalized retreats, and more! While you're there, subscribe to our news and updates via email and receive a free digital resource. ----- All S…

“Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.” - Psalm 46:10, The Message "The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress." - Psalm 46:11, NIV The practice of Lectio Divina is a vehicle for using Scriptures to simply be with God. The goal is not to try to get something or …

2nd Episide in the Road to River Gee series.

This episode details my brother and my own first trip to Africa on a mission trip to Sarbo Sweaken in River Gee County, Liberia in January 2019. Listen to learn more about Sarbo Sweaken and the groundbreaking of the Sarbo Development Center by the Sarbo Unity Foundation, a 501c3, nonprofit, charitable organization registered in the State of Michiga…