Monthly Archives: August 2015

Can human communication ideas apply to the idea of hearing messages from God? Maybe they can. Dr. Dallas Willard’s book title is Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God. Conversation is the basic building block of human beings sharing … Continue reading →

Too often when we think about hearing God, we think it has to be a direct communication. For example, we think of Paul on the road to Damascus as Jesus’ voice says “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?” Acts … Continue reading →

The Lord speaks to Moses in Exodus 33:11. The twenty-third Psalm of David makes reference to being lead, being guided, being with God, being comforted by God. In Isaiah, God speaks to Jacob and refers to calling him [Isaiah 41:8]. … Continue reading →

“God spoke to me.” “The Holy Spirit put it on my heart.” “God revealed this idea to me.” If you have ever been around Christians, you may have heard expressions like these. They refer to “hearing” from God. At my … Continue reading →

info from Wikipedia Willard was a longtime Professor of Philosophy at The University of Southern California, teaching at the school from 1965 until his death in 2013 and serving as the department chair from 1982 to 1985. Willard attended William … Continue reading →

Some of you who read this blog know that the summer of 2015 has been the summer of the sick mothers for David and Susan Carter. The beginning of this summer saw my mother confronted with a breast cancer diagnosis. … Continue reading →

Ok, maybe you will think I am a nut case. When I was a younger person, I used to think about what I wanted to be when I became an adult. In my teen years, I used to spend a … Continue reading →

Pastor Chan quotes the famous writer Annie Dillard in Chapter 10. “How we live our days …is how we live our lives.” So much of Crazy Love has been about awareness. Awareness of our days. I have a son and … Continue reading →

How do you feel when you have a “bad” day? A bad week? A bad year? I believe I have been blessed in my life. Of course I have a bad day every once in a while but there have … Continue reading →