In this final post of three, I want to suggest that to be acquainted with God’s voice it helps to Practice Intentionality. Many people are full of good intentions, but not very intentional in the ways they live. The practices of silence and listening need the opportunity that intentional time and space offer. Practicing our […]
In my last post I spoke about the need to practice silence if one wanted to become more intimately acquainted with God’s voice. Today I want to suggest a second way one might become more intimately aquatinted with God’s voice. If you are to familiarize yourself with God’s voice you will need to Practice Listening. […]
I read a quote by Eugene Peterson once that said, “Most people don’t read the scriptures to receive a list of moral memos, but to hear the voice of God.” I believe that most people want to hear the voice of God intimately. It is a voice that speaks to us and reminds us of […]
I have noticed that the summer months seem to be the time when every major road and thoroughfare in the state is under construction. I’m sure there are a multitude of rational explanations for this occurrence, but it doesn’t really assist me in my efforts to arrive in a timely manner at my proposed destinations. […]
At some moment Press Pause Ministries will begin to offer some different forms of expression regarding communion with God. We hope you will keep watching our web site, especially in the poetry and praise section for some of these expressions. For the time being though, here is a reflection on an aspect of nature to […]
I realized that in speaking about moving day in my last post, I might have provoked a certain amount of angst in some of you. It created angst in me, especially when I began to consider all the work moving entailed. It wasn’t so much the boxes or furniture to be relocated to a new […]
Today is moving day. For the last seven or so, years my wife and I have been hosts to my daughter and son-in-law and their children. It was an arrangement born of necessity more than a desire to run a commune. But we have weathered the close proximity actually pretty well. But today they are […]
As I considered this new season of my life and ministry I thought it might be appropriate to read something from Holy Scripture having to do with the theme of new beginnings. The book of Joshua seemed to be a good place to start since it was Israel’s entrance into a new land with a […]
Welcome to the first blog from Press Pause Ministries. Over the course of the next months and years my hope is to encourage you to pause and notice God’s presence and love extended toward you and me. This season for me has been a time of transition. I left a job context I had been […]
