Luke 11:13

When I was getting my Master’s in Creative Writing, there were some taboos. Adverbs! In fact, all unnecessary words–and the passive voice. This was how David Citino, my first writing teacher, memorably excoriated it. “The passive voice is an evasion of responsibility. It says the cookies were eaten. Not, I ate the cookies.” * * […]…

Lately I feel pulled in many directions, its a challenging season of balance and choosing priorities. These are the times I need my heart to be calmed and stilled; and spending time with Jesus is……

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” -- Luke 11:13Please Pray:Lord, You are a good Father, who knows how to give His children good gifts. Right...…

What fills your tank? Here’s a memorable talk I listened to, at a retreat for leaders of women’s Bible studies in Williamsburg . The speaker, svelte, beautiful, rich, put a crystal water jug in front of us. Into it, she put the keys of her house (in the best neighbourhood!); her mini-van (a Volvo I’ve long […]…

Listening to a famous Charismatic “prophetess” in London…

On my changing experience of the Holy Spirit. Once champagne, a heady experience, he’s now bread, fish, eggs, veggies. I can’t go through my day without him…

I have heard of the English Evangelical Revival when at the preaching of Whitfield, miners wept, their tears making white lines on their coal-black faces. I have heard of the 1904 revival in Wales, when the Spirit of God fell powerfully on meetings, and people forgave their enemies. I have heard of the revival Lonnie…

Irene, delighted with and thankful for the sash of her new dress!I have attended two conferences organized by John Arnott, on whose beat the hugely influential Toronto Revival was born. They have influenced the course of my life—deeply introducing me the love of the Father; immersing me in soaking prayer ; and, most recently, introducing […]…

I have heard of the English Evangelical Revival when at the preaching of Whitfield, miners wept, their tears making white lines on their coal-black faces. I have heard of the 1904 revival in Wales, when the Spirit of God fell powerfully on meetings, and people forgave their enemies. I have heard of the revival Lonnie […]…

I am re-reading Mark. John’s my favourite gospel guy, followed by Luke, but the immediacy of Mark, our immediate immersion in a fast-moving scenario of accelerating success grabs me every time. Jesus issues his great call to repent and believe the good news. He heals most everyone, dramatically, and so “news about him spread quickly […]…