Homeward Bound

It is common today to look at our culture and our world, and despair that things are bad. "Look how far we our nation has fallen," we cry. "Look how feeble and worldly the church has grown." The temptation is the same temptation of the people of God throughout history: the temptation to make what is presented to our immediate senses greater than our God.  We are not so much different from the Israelites in the time of the Exodus. For years I have marveled at the seeming idiocy of the people. What other generation witnessed more incredible acts of God than the plagues and the parting of the red sea? Time and time again they saw with their very eyes the supernatural hand of God. And with all of that in their recent memory, when finally on the door step of the promised land they somehow are filled with despair: "There we saw the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in their sight." How could anyone, after witnessing what that generation witnessed, doubt...

I made another video about what to do when we experience wayward emotions. How are we to keep them in check? I talk about Psalm 42 and 74, and how they are examples of "taking yourself in hand" and pointing yourself to the truth.  We don't have to fake it until we make it, nor do we have to resign ourselves to our all-powerful emotions. We can combat them with truth and force them into proper alignment. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WfLwN5_-eyg

I found this from C. S. Lewis in Perelandra when the narrating character runs into an angelic-like being: I felt sure that the creature was "good," but I wasn't sure whether I liked goodness so much as I had supposed. This is a very terrible experience. As long as what you are afraid of is something evil, you may still hope that the good may come to your rescue. But suppose you struggle through to the good and find that it is also dreadful? How if food itself turns out to be the very thing you can't eat, and home the very place you can't live, and you r very comforter the person who makes you uncomfortable? . . . Here at last was a bit of that world from beyond the world, which I had always supposed that I loved and desired, breaking through and appearing to my senses: and I didn't like it, I wanted it to go away. We all assume to be well-received by the "goodness" of that "world beyond the world" when we finally make contact. This is d...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all staying safe amidst the craziness out there! The Harrises are doing well. I am working from home, and enjoying the extra time with my kids. While there is a lot of uncertainty, there is also great opportunity in these times to re order some routines and change some habits.  I tried something new yesterday and made a 15 minute video of what gives me hope in this time. All old stuff to those familiar with the blog: The link if you cannot view the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7QoWR21qtg&t=5s Be blessed and stay safe!