Thoughts on Christian Spiritual Formation and the Father's love.
In Pops’ Workshop
An Experience of God’s Love and Healing
I began this website with the intent of building “a brand” with an eye toward getting a book published. As time has gone by it became clear to me that publishing a book was more about vainglory and stroking my ego than about sharing what might be of kingdom service. Recently I realized that the cure for that vainglory is to simply make content that would be/could be a book available online.
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“Our wisdom . . . consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.” John Calvin, 1530 Just a few days after my visit to the meadow, during a quiet time with the Lord, Jesus told me: “To know me fully, you must be fully known.” This proclamation was unexpected. I wasn’t asking, “how can I know you better?” I wasn’t asking anything at all; I was just being still…
My time below the workshop brings back memories of a mystical encounter a year earlier where Jesus helped me begin the process of re-integrating my missing pieces.
My journey was about to take a dramatic turn from ministry invitation to needed inner healing. In his wisdom and mercy, God was preparing me for that shift.