Author: J.D. Walt

The deepest longing of our inmost being is to live in attuned abiding and abandoned fellowship with God and with others. 

Our Good Shepherd lays his hand upon us. His hand guides us. He holds us fast. And he does this whether we know it or not and whether we like it or not.

The God of heaven and earth knows every single one of his image bearers with a deep level of attentive depth and loving care.

A short amount of time driving for Uber has enabled one pastor to witness to people more than in all his previous years of ministry.

There is also a way of sitting at the feet of Jesus as a pious performer in a religious show.

The great impediment to growing in our attention to Jesus is our distractedness.

Jesus gets the first word. He says to me and you, “I see you.” It is then to us to make the gifted response, “I am here.”

This is what fuels all spiritual striving: the deep-seated, distorted belief that we must do something to generate Jesus’s awareness of us and to win his attention to us.

Often times engaging spiritual formation means trying to master a subject when the goal is to be mastered by God.

We are all part of the Master’s fields for cultivating and growing his kingdom’s harvest.

Jesus wants to plant in me the desire of his heart for my heart, as well as grant their fulfillment.

And what should you do when you see a snake in your garden? Answer: Don’t wait around to see if it talks. Run!