• Retreat Center

    High-King of the World

    From an early medieval Irish legend called “The Evernew Tongue.” The legend itself is a little crazy but this excerpt in praise of God is beautiful, and the description of “the race of Adam” is sad and funny at the same time! “The race of Adam had its head in a bag” is still true today. It was the High-King of the world, who is mightier than any king, higher than any power, more fierce than any dragon, gentler than any child, more radiant than suns, holier than any saint, more vengeful than all men, more loving than any mother, the only Son of God the Father, it was he…

  • Retreat Center

    Come to the Water

    What is Spiritual Dryness? We’re going to talk today about spiritual dryness that you just can’t shake. We all have times when we feel spiritually dry because we haven’t spent any time with God. If we ignore prayer and Bible reading then of course we’re going to feel spiritually dry. Once we start back again with prayer and Bible reading then the problem will be over. But then there are the times that you are doing everything that you know how to do – and you still feel as spiritually dry as a bone. You don’t feel God’s presence, you don’t have joy, your prayers hit the ceiling and bounce…

  • Retreat Center

    Moving Day

    We will be moving into a new house a scant 1/4 mile away from this one. The original move was not my choice but I trusted God, and once I found the new place I clearly saw His hand over the whole thing. I’ll be awfully glad to have the move over with though — it’s a pain living out of boxes! Whenever I move I remember Abraham and his God-called journey, first out of Ur with his father and later out of Haran. Do you face change or an uncertain destination? Read “God’s Compass.”