Hiking Homeward

Following the journey of one taking the narrow road home.

Posts Tagged grace

From death to life

In one of His many “I am” statements, Jesus claimed  “I am the resurrection!” Have you pondered all that this means to us who claim to be Christians? He is the source and giver of Life, and to be given life after death is part of what Jesus is promising here. He is also claiming [...]

“Persevere, brethren!”

This is how one of my favorite professors, who also chaired my thesis committee, ended class time almost every day. Trite words? No, brethren, for we are at war. Sometimes we numb ourselves enough to forget, or we become so earthly minded that we lose site of reality. You and I need people in our [...]

Weltanschauung

Not only is this one of my favorite German words, it is one every Christian ought to have a clue about. Weltanschauung means “world view” and like it or not, you have one. You have a “world view” by which you judge reality, truth, beauty, fairness, right-vs-wrong, and what you find appealing or shameful or [...]

Ponder anew.

Happy Birthday to me…a vacation day, a day to be away from the office and to “ponder anew, what the Almighty can do, if with His love He befriend thee.” As a gift to myself every year, I take the time to do things good for my soul, some “Christian Disciplines” if you will, or [...]