by Kevin Murray | Feb 26, 2019 | Challenges, Prayer
There’s an expression I once heard—or maybe I made it up, I can’t recall—that goes: Resolutions are made to be broken because they rely on me. Prayers are made to be answered because they rely on God. I suppose I’ve broken most New Years’ resolutions I ever made for...
by Kevin Murray | Oct 3, 2018 | Challenges
Repentance: turning from sin with contrition to God. Most times when God shows me another of my sins, I throw a fit in one of its various forms—denial that it happened, doubling down, arguing with God that it’s not a sin at all. Sooner or later, after I’ve come to the...
by Kevin Murray | Sep 4, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement
“For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come” (Hebrews 13:14). I love a long walk through the trails and fields by my home. Sore feet and a tolerable ivy rash are the price I pay. Well worth it. The other day, though, I...
by Kevin Murray | Apr 26, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
“When I have found myself at the bottom of a deep, dark well and looked up, my eyes were filled with light.” -James M. Houston, Joyful Exiles I like people. They please and disappoint me. I’m sure I do the same to them. Life follows a challenging pattern: sighs of...
by Kevin Murray | Feb 1, 2018 | Challenges, Encouragement
Friends, I’m sharing this excerpt from Ken Boa’s book, Life in the Presence of God. It is compelling. “Andrew Sullivan, a contemporary commentator, recently captured the state of our current situation in a New York Magazine article about the slower pace of life...
by Kevin Murray | Dec 7, 2017 | Challenges, Encouragement, Life Lessons
Many scoff at the idea that there could be a God since there is so much suffering in the world. They miss that only the existence of God can make sense of the suffering to start. An ant doesn’t question suffering in its life (and if you think it does, this is not the...
