When the Warning Light Flashes

If we think we hear something from God that is already a heartfelt yearning of our own, a warning light should flash: This needs extra verification!

Unimportant Dreams

We take less notice of dreams than the ancients, because we are more sophisticated. One reason why Judaism, and Christianity which sprang from it, were ...

Hearing Loss

How can you expect to keep your powers of hearing when you never want to listen? That God should have time for you, you seem to take as much for granted ...

Be Still and Listen

In Directions, James Hamilton writes:

Before refrigerators, people used ice houses to preserve their food. Ice houses had thick walls, no windows, and ...

The King Who Didn't Listen

In George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan, Joan of Arc is always hearing voices from God, and the king is angered by this. He complains to her, "Oh, ...

Mysterious Voice

I neglected to tell my new patient, a little boy, how his hospital room intercom worked. Soon his light flashed. I called his name and asked what he wanted. ...

God's Harmonious Voice

I lay it down as a foundation principle, which no one can gainsay, that of course [God's] voice will always be in harmony with itself, no matter in ...

His Voice and His Touch

In the prologue to Leadership Jazz, Max DePree writes:

Esther, my wife, and I have a granddaughter named Zoe, the Greek word for life. She was born prematurely ...

Surrendered to His Mercy

I recently read a story by a woman who said that as a girl she was poor. She said, "I grew up in a cold water flat, but I married a man who had money. ...

Hearing the Voice of God

So long as the church pretends or assumes to preach absolute values, but actually preaches relative and secondary values, it will merely hasten the process ...