Spiritual Awareness

Introduction: Living With Unanswered Questions I’ve come to understand that some of life’s most important questions do not have answers everyone agrees upon. The existence of God is one of them. Some people believe, others doubt, and some reject religious belief altogether. In the seventeenth century, French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal suggested that even

How Do We Know What God Wants? Behind centuries of religious teachings, traditions, and institutions lies a difficult question: how do human beings know anything about God? Somewhere in every religious tradition, people claim to have encountered, received, or understood something divine. Others preserve those experiences through teachings, sacred texts, and practices. That does not

You May Experience a “Miracle” This Month There is a fascinating mathematical idea suggesting that extraordinarily unlikely things should happen to us more often than we expect. You think about someone you have not heard from in years and suddenly they call. You stumble across exactly the information you needed. Something happens with timing so

We Have Made “Anointed” Mean Almost Everything The word anointed is used so loosely in Christian circles that it can become another way of saying someone is talented, powerful, emotional, or impressive. But the biblical meaning goes much deeper. In Scripture, anointing is connected to being set apart for a specific calling, responsibility, or purpose

A Pattern Hiding in Plain Sight A pattern appears throughout many biblical stories: disruption, wilderness, transformation, and a new beginning. Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Ruth, David, and Paul each experienced this journey in different ways. It is not a formula for everything God does, but it can help us understand why some difficult seasons only

When Familiar Words Lose Their Context We often hear phrases such as “Pray for the president,” “Respect the office,” and “Touch not God’s anointed.” Repetition can make these expressions sound like simple commands, but Scripture presents authority with more nuance. Praying for a leader does not mean believing everything that leader does has God’s approval,

Living the Mystical Life Being a mystic does not mean escaping ordinary life or living above everyday problems. It means becoming more aware of how you think, act, and treat others. You still have responsibilities, relationships, work, bills, and difficult decisions. The difference is that you try to meet them with awareness rather than constant

Introduction Spiritual growth rarely feels the way we expect. We imagine feeling stronger, more confident, and closer to God. But Scripture often shows something different. Joseph was growing while sitting in prison. Job was growing through suffering. Paul was growing while in chains. The disciples were being changed even when their understanding seemed to fall