Ruah Space Blog
Love Over Fear Practice
The dominance of fear in our culture and churches may be one of the most difficult, and important, issues facing us today. Learning to name our fear and overcome it is one of our most important tasks. In a recent podcast episode, I interviewed Dan White, the author of...
A 7am Phone Call
I woke up one morning to a cell phone vibrating. You know what I’m talking about. Bvvvvt. Bvvvvt. The thing starts to shimmy across the nightstand. Through blurry eyes I glared at the number on the screen wondering who in the world was awake at 7am and thought it was...
Our Daily Dr. Pepper
I love Dr. Pepper. I think it’s possibly the greatest drink ever invented and that it is a staple for every special occasion. You can understand my excitement then when my brother-in-law once gave me a two-liter to take with on a trip to a theme park. Now I would not...
A Reflection on Fall
I absolutely love summer. The warm weather, open windows, birds chirping, and longer days is a recipe for joy. I was made for summer. I have always thought I should have been born in Hawaii. Like Job, I look to heaven and declare that a mistake was made that I would...
Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done
Did you know that before God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God told them to eat abundantly of every tree in the garden? In Genesis 2:16, the Hebrew is actually eat eat, or eat abundantly. The author emphasizes that God’s...
Our Father in Heaven, Holy be Your Name
The opening line of the Lord’s Prayer is beautiful, inviting, comforting, challenging, and risky. It sets the tone and expectation for the entire prayer. It’s important that the prayer begins with praise of our Father, the God of the entire universe, testifying that...