m�agine! email archives Did you miss an issue? Here's your opportunity to review back issues of the weekly m�agine! newsletter, featuring articles around biblically-based, spiritual transformation. Enjoy! "Good deeds to meet pressing needs" The sideyard... Every spiritual blessing in Christ... The plateau... Your internal flight attendant... Lessons from my parents... The Interpretation phase and the creative process: Investigation God's will for my life... Of politics and polarities... It's an imperative... The view from thirty thousand feet... The Gardener... How's your geography? Stressed to the nines... Get curious... Knowing God... Your cup of mo' joe... Root and Ground: Court Jester Root and Ground: Casablanca Root and Ground: Cooperstown Root and Ground: The Divine Narrative Root and Ground: Beginnings A Poem of the Winter and Resurrection First fruits of the resurrection of the dead... Gallup, New Mexico Faith and the creative soul... The fear, the failure, and the general funkiness of life... Starry Night... Trains, planes, and automobiles... Emmaus... More than skin deep... Coming to the rescue... Creativit... Three questions... The writing's on the ball... Pieces of a puzzle... Patient Trust in Ourselves and the Slow Work of God... Six six, wait, what? Farewell to a friend... Three years and six months... You've just gotta love him... "Them are fightin' nerds" Life, Love, Light... A familiar riff... Bogie... Of constellations and consolation... Scripture, and the wonder of understatement... Where mortals play... A taxi and a tip... The Dodgers and the Cartwright women... Are you willing to watch a person fail? A big yummy mess... The punctuated life... The aha! moment... Background processing... Creative confidence... A reason to lie down in the evening; a reason to rise up in the morning... The seventh button... An invitation to be spiritually transformed... The cow in center field... Darkness and light... I love Lucy... Earth, wind, and tires... God, the mathematician... Unchained melody... Big "A," little "a," agendas... Learning to see... Just my type. Or not... "No stranger in the crowd could doubt 'twas Casey at the bat..." Color my world... Painting around the furniture... Selah! Street smarts... The silver cup... Prayer is a transforming activity... "Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio..." Back in the saddle again... Growing compassion for others and for yourself... Think outside the box... Paradigm shift... What can you learn from catchers, pitchers, and second basemen? The journey and the destination... Disney's dream... The competitive spirit... Those pesky fears... A maze... Of Februarys and Leviticus... Of giving and receiving love... Hot Springs... The Peacock I resolve to give up New Years resolutions... Filled but unfulfilled... Soulish friendships... Go deeper than Purpose... The Artist & the Theologian Gates 30 through 39... Giving Thanks... An unlikely friend... "Grace upon grace" Puzzled... Gratitude... Emerging from the dark night of the soul... Thirty years To smack. Or to smack... What I learned of my nephews from Mr. Lincoln and a bobblehead... The heart of your desire... Living presently... Intuition... "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may..." The communion of the senses... The Gospel of John I love journals... Milestones... "Wise guy, eh?" Are we here yet? Up On The Roof... Sensing presence; being present... Jamming in Los Angeles... Baseball as good design... The joke's on you, Death! Who is God, and what are his expectations? Restore the wonder... Hands. Love fully. Love faithfully. Hands. Loosen your grip... Hands. Release what hinders you... Hands. Discover your kIngdom heart... Hands. Transform your desires... Hands. Heart and soul faith made flesh... Jesus' sermon on the mount... Of light and shadow... Seedtime and harvest... Afield with dreams... To see you through the Father's eyes... Character and personality... "Whoosh" or "shush"... Two faithful friends... The death of a dream Oh, a wise guy, eh... The lion and the lamb Stories... God's handiwork... Canaries of the soul... Roll Call... Say, "How?" Say, "Of course!" "Check, please!" His hands. His feet. His heart. Social intelligence... Mercy... Selah's song... Matinees and afternoons at the ballpark... "Hush, be still" One of them's an artist! I couldn't help myself... "Open my eyes that I may see" The priest who turned a prophet... Silver Spoons My father's pilgrimage to Louisiana and home... From reactive to proactive... It's neither here nor there... Write or wrong "Faster, higher, stronger"...or not "Abide in me" Be careful what you long for... In the beginning...then and now... The wisdom of Pooh... Autumn leaves... Southern comfort... Reflecting on purpose... Any way you slice it... What we have here is a failure to communicate... The Windy City angel... "Bruised and hurt...confused and aimless" My apologies... John's gospel: the gospel of the senses... I didn't have a prayer... Road trip... "Being with" the powerless... Prayer and Vertigo... And the darkness can never extinguish it... Death sucks... Descending and ascending... Chances are remote at best... Oh, such lovely faces... Live out "laud"... Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it saved The Mouse... Empty pant legs... Called forth or called out... Of countless lakes and trolleys and ideas about who we are... Jesus on spiritual formation [3]... Who will be your prayer today? It's Ruthian... Our fears don't always add up... Jesus on spiritual formation [2]... Seriously, don't take yourself so seriously... Transformed by the Spirit of God... Jesus on spiritual formation [1]... Office supplies... Shut down, shut out... Knowledge and power, wisdom and goodness... Where was God? Playing catch with God... The court jester... Light, Life, and Love...a poem of John the apostle Of leadership, a shotgun, and a chicken in the backyard... What does it take to astonish an angel? A poem in passing... An ode to Joy, and to my dad and reading.... Note to self: "Who are you?" Imagination and innovation... The view from 30,000 feet... Aslan and Eustace, and taming your inner dragon... Wonder. Full. Paul and John... In gratitude of soulish friends... The perspective from the mountaintop... "The Guest House" Learning to listen... Flawless or faithful? Lovingkindness and a gentle grip... Echoes of the garden... What's true? Learning of God, or making random guesses... Loved as perhaps never before... Thoughts off the cuff... Meeting on the mound... What if we turned prayer "on its ear"? Intimacy... What can you not "be with"? It's bound to happen... The roots and fruit of your expressive soul's family tree... Monotony... With apologies to those who prefer words over pictures... To be or not to be... and to just do, instead... "I've looked at life from both sides now..." My favorite apostle... Truth and grace, judgment and mercy... That must have been embarrassing... Love written in stone... His story is our story... Prayer and the Presence of God... On daily dying and living, losing and embracing... The elevator on the left... Love and Larry, the Grim Reaper Did I tell you about the gorilla who wanted to kill me? What God values... Culture shocks... There's power in a name... Once upon a time there was a fox... Solitude and silence... Heading true north... The do/be brothers... Of "the turning aside"... Of a pilgrimage home... "From glory to glory" If the truth be told... I hear God... It's difficult to love the immortal... Flip it... Celebrate... Provendipity... "Time is a relentless river..." Grace... What's in a name? sac 9... The power of simplicity on the other side of complexity... Do you see? Henri Nouwen on love and power... Convergence... Communication is the relationship... In defense of imagination... Relationship Repair Guide... Showing your colors in a red, green, blue, yellow, white world... The color of hope... Ah! sweet mystery of life... Your Father knows what you need before you ask...* Form impacts function... Snap, crackle, pop... Jesus' favorite book... N.T. Wright on the Lord's prayer... "Taste and see..." It’s about time... Active listening... I wonder... "The loneliest guys in town" Ask... Water. Cool, clear water... Full of grace and truth... Where's your "thin place"? Some moments...are just "duh...huh?" Me, myself, and I AM... "Tell us your reason for living..." Don't let life throw you a curve... The Duck... Are you the critic or the man in the arena... "You never heard such cheering..." Ted Baxter and the rose... Is it possible to reframe a bad dream? The iguana's tale... What's your passion? "Yo..." The joy of discovery... Peace by piece... Henri Nouwen on "The Dance of Life"... A first date and a banana split... Prophet and loss... Imagine this... A moving observation... You say you haven't a prayer... A deeper knowing... Ford focus... Crystal clear recollections... Discover buried treasure... A candle for the king... Think inside the box... The Spotter... I hear voices... Curious about your point of reference... Religiosity and spirituality... The care and provision of a father... The truth of a flower... St. Patrick's Cathedral in midtown Manhattan... A distant perspective from the kitchen table... Hide or seek... Focus... Passion, patience, compassion... Big questions... Aunt Blanche... By George, good point... The second greatest commandment... Two biblical strategies of spiritual transformation: one effective, one not so much... Stones of remembrance... Catty wisdom... Living water: replenishing, cleansing, refreshing... Identity theft... Just who do you think you are? The third best known "Joseph" in all of scripture... Nobody’s perfect... “Be still and know...” Eat this book... Five smooth stones... Breathe... "No one takes my life from me..." Patience... Authentic community: where "solitude greets solitude"... Safe at home... I have insomnia... Three little words, one powerful pattern... Passion... "I have nothing left to give..." The Divine Proportion... Loving the unlovable... And they say it's only a game... "Word � Wisdom � Wonder..." "The perfect law of liberty..." "Perfect love casts out fear..." "Delight yourself in the Lord..." m�agine! 407 Myrtle Drive Farmerville, LA 71241 530.613.2774 Join our Mailing List!