Look for the Water Spouts!
June through October is whale season here in South Africa. The Southern Right Whales come near the shore during this season to birth their calves. During the first few months of the visitors passing by local folk would ask me if I saw the whales in the bay. It seemed like everyone was seeing these […]
Shout It All Out!
Do you ever feel like shouting from the deepest place in your soul? I mean like so loud that you shake the neighborhood. It appears a lot of people today are having the urge. We’ve been having our fair share of shouting in South Africa, the United States and around the world. I believe much […]
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Out of times of our greatest brokenness God births beautiful works for His glory! I was thinking about that while I set up the movie “Pilgrim’s Progress” for a group of high school girls at Oceans Retreat Center. None of them had ever heard of John Bunyan nor his famous allegory first published in 1678; an […]
LORD’S DAY 45!
I want to share with you my favorite summary on the Why, How, and the What to pray for from LORD’S DAY 45 in a short video clip.
Stepping Into the Lord’s Prayer
Some years back I climbed up into the foothills near where we lived to spend a day in prayer. As I overlooked the bustling city below I had a difficult time quieting my racing mind. As I was losing the battle to stay focused in prayer I turned to simply praying through the Lord’s […]
The Prayer that Breaks the Power of Addiction!
Kerry* stopped by Oceans Retreat Center last week to ask for money to get some breakfast. I had met him some months earlier when we were feeding the homeless at the beginning of lock down. Kerry has a warm smile and a gentle spirit so it was hard for me to say, “no.” But instead […]
